Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Can you always trust the nanny?
The Nanny
Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Can you always trust the nanny?
What you need to know before your trail
Thirty years on, Jo is forced to return to her family home and confront her troubled relationship with her mother. When human remains are discovered in the grounds of the house, Jo begins to question everything.
Then an unexpected visitor knocks at the door and Jo’s world is destroyed again as, one by one, she discovers her childhood memories aren’t what they seemed.
What secrets was her nanny hiding – and what was she running away from? And can Jo trust what her mother tells her?
Sometimes the truth hurts so much you’d rather hear the lie.
Locations
Reset- England - Wiltshire
- A: Pewsey Vale
- B: Pewsey Vale Tourist Information Kiosk
- C: Pewsey White Horse
Travel Guide
Travel to Pewsey (Wiltshire)
The area in the novel is actually called Pewesley Vale but it’s somewhere in the Wiltshire area as Swindon is also referenced as not being far away.
The rest of the locations are vague and fictional. The house where the nanny of the title works – Lake Hall – also fictional – is the main setting. What does go on inside that house?
Lake Hall itself reads like a house of nightmares. surrounded by marshes and gardens where people can get lost and where items can be found years later…
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Nanny
Destination:Pewsey, Swindon Author/guide: Gilly Macmillan Departure Time: 1987, 2000s
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