Newtown Author Publishes Babysitting Memoirs

Picking a babysitter might just be the most crucial child-caring decision that parents make.

Newtown author Rachel Levy Lesser has been there. And she wrote it all down. Her latest book “Who’s Going to Watch My Kids?” has been published by Red Wheel Weiser Books.

She is hosting an author event at The Newtown Bookshop on Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m.

Lesser said that the seed for this book had been planted in her head for a long time.

“After employing 5 nannies over the course of nearly a decade of being a working mom, I came to the understanding that the working mom/nanny relationship is like no other one out there,” she said. “It’s more than just professional, and sometimes I grew as close to my nannies as I would family members and put up with so much stuff so that I could make it work.”

“My friends and colleagues had similar stories to share with me. I always thought there was a book in here. After attending a writer’s conference a few years ago, I got the motivation I needed to get these stories on paper and write the book.”

Lesser cites Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride and Prejudice” and Scout in “To Kill A Mockingbird” as favorites and personal influences.

She previously worked in marketing and advertising, and has an MBA from the University of Michigan.

She will also be hosting a book event on Saturday, May 9 at 12 p.m. at The Princeton Marketfair Barnes and Noble Store.

Excerpts from her new book are available on her website.