<b><i>* * * </i>WINNER OF THE 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS POPULAR NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * * *</b><b></b><b>'I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever</b>. It's real, odd, life-affirming, sharp, loving, and contains more than one reference to Arsenal FC' Nick Hornby,<i></i><i>The Believer</i><i></i><b>'Adrian Mole meets Mary Poppins</b> mashed up in literary north London . . . Enormous fun' <i>Bookseller</i>'What a beady eye she has for domestic life, and <b>how deliciously fresh and funny she is</b>'<b> </b>Deborah Moggach, author of <i>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</i><b>Nina Stibbe's <i>Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life </i>is the laugh-out-loud story of the trials and tribulations of a very particular family.</b>In the 1980s Nina Stibbe wrote letters home to her sister in Leicester describing her trials and triumphs as a nanny to a London family. There's a cat <i>nobody</i> likes, a visiting dog called Ted Hughes (Ted for short) and suppertime visits from a local playwright. Not to mention the two boys, their favourite football teams,<b> </b>and rude words, a<b> </b>very broad-minded mother and assorted nice chairs.From the mystery of the unpaid milk bill and the avoidance of nuclear war to mealtime discussions on<b> </b>pie filler, the greats of English literature, swearing in German and sexually transmitted diseases, <i>Love, Nina</i> is a wonderful celebration of bad food, good company and the<b> </b>relative merits of Thomas Hardy and Enid Blyton.<b>'Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness</b>: <i>Love, Nina</i> might be the most charming book I've ever read' Maria Semple, author of 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette''Nina Stibbe is the funniest new writer to arrive in years. <i>Love, Nina</i> is her first book - a memoir <b>so warm, so witty and so wise, it's like finding the friend you always deserved</b>' Andrew O'HaganAt the age of 20 Nina Stibbe moved from Leicestershire to London to become a nanny. Later she studied at Thames Polytechnic and worked in publishing. In 2014 her debut novel <i>Man at the Helm </i>was published. <i>Love, Nina</i> won the 2014 National Book Awards for Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year. She now lives in Cornwall with her partner and children.