’Laurie Grahams entertaining novel delves into the Kennedy family legend, with energetic pace, witty dialogue and vividly drawn characters. With the plot already laid out for her, Graham brings her characters to life with sparky and funny dialogue’--Observer

When Nora Brennan, a country girl from Westmeath, starts as nursery maid to a Brookline family in 1917 it places her at the heart of American history. The family is the Kennedys: rich, successful, driven, and soon to be iconic. Nursemaid to all nine Kennedy children, Nora is witness to every moment, public and private, of family life and knows the children’s natures better than they know themselves: charming Joe Junior, his father’s hope for the first Catholic president; mischievous Jack; quiet, forgotten Rose; and rebellious, strong-willed Kick.

Through turbulent times Nora remains the warm heart of this astonishing family, receiving their confidences and telling their tale with humour, insight and affection, as events, both global and personal, challenge the Kennedys’ ambitions.