Emma Thompson: Nanny McPhee Returns

The inimitable Nanny McPhee returns to the big screen and bookshelves with Nanny McPhee Returns. Join us for an afternoon Q&A and book signing with Emma Thompson, writer and star of the movie, as she recounts this charming tale about country children, city children and the magical nanny.

In wartime England, the two very spoiled Gray children are being sent to stay in the country with their very numerous and ill-behaved cousins, the Greens. Enter Nanny McPhee, who discovers that Mrs. Green and the children are fighting another war altogether—against scheming relatives who are intent on taking their farm while Mr. Green is off fighting in the war. Nanny McPhee must use her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons, or losing the farm will be the least of their problems.

Emma Thompson is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning actress who helped bring the Nurse Matilda stories by Christianna Brand to the big screen in the 2005 hit movie Nanny McPhee, and stars in the upcoming Nanny McPhee Returns (in theaters August 20). She lives in England and is the mother of two children.

This family-friendly event is free. Atlanta History Center members, please make a reservation by calling 404.814.4112. Space is limited so RSVP today!
Limited tickets will be available to nonmembers at the Margaret Mitchell House one hour prior to the reading and will be offered first-come, first-served.