Do Try to Speak As We Do: The Diary of an American Au Pair, Marjorie Leet Ford

Light and sweet like cotton candy, this book is part coming-of-age story, part cultural commentary. Narrator Melissa leaves behind a called-off wedding and unemployment to care for a Parliament member's three children and suffer the biting tongue of their mother while she does it. Melissa clings to sanity my writing letters and keeping a journal describing life in England. "Do Try to Speak As We Do" is quite funny; Ford has skirted the edge of saccharine successfully. A book for the beach, not meant for those seeking something to sink their teeth into.
Posted by supersusie at December 28, 2003 6:15 PM