rabck from dvg; light read. At loose ends and wanting to take a gap year, British Rowan signs up to be a nanny in America - only she has the mother-from-hell, Dad hitting on her, a kid that needs to be just a kid, and an Iguana on the upstairs terrace. She quits the job and kidnaps Iggy - the iguana - landing in California, hence the title. ( )

Rowan finishes Yr12 in England and decides to defy her family’s wishes and become an English nanny in the US. The first family she works for include a spoilt 4 year old with a hectic schedule, an extremely neurotic mother and a sleazy father! But it is the imminent death of their pet iguana that has Rowan travelling from one side of the States to the other!! Like a movie – a great escapist read about love & becoming your own person.Part one …read that, then…p.13 Ch 2 …Rowan whacks Jack because he is teasing some ducks..up to “..course I’m dizzy.” This leads to Rowan changing her life.