Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense Relationships Between Mothers and Nannies
Edited by Susan Davis and Gina Hyams

About the Anthology
With wit, sensitivity, and unflinching honesty, Searching for Mary Poppins brings together twenty-five of today’s leading women writers- to explore the emotional minefield of mother-nanny relationships, delving into the intimate and intricate issues that emerge when a mother turns the care of her child over to a stranger.

Kirkus Reviews
The relationship between a woman and her child's caretaker can be 'a complicated dance.' While each story is different, common emotional themes emerge, among them love, guilt, betrayal, gratitude, insecurity and loss. Sometimes humorous and often touching, this is an honest exploration of the well of feelings inspired by the nanny-mother relationship.

Awards
Searching for Mary Poppins won a 2007 NAPPA Honors Award (the National Parenting Publications Awards for Parenting Resources)