An internationally known scholar and writer leaves her career and her husband to become a nanny in Southern California. Though this is no vacation, Susan Gunter builds a new community and learns to love this personable baby, despite the demands of the job. We don't know who we are until we challenge ourselves in ways we didn't think were possible. Follow Susan Gunter's adventures in a geographically beautiful semi-tropical setting as she encounters the homeless, learns new skills, and accepts another life. This narrative introduces readers to ideas, books. history, poetry, language, and meditations on the meaning of our lives. Susan Gunter's readable, witty style makes her unusual perceptions of the world around her available to a wide audience. Her readers will leave this experience feeling uplifted, ready to confront their own challenges. Successful author of three acclaimed books on America's foremost intellectual family, the Jameses, this new grandmother learns what is most important to her.