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Such a Fun Age (Reese's Book Club)
Such a Fun Age (Reese's Book Club) in Bloomington, MN
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A Best Book of the Year:
The Washington Post
•
Chicago Tribune
NPR
Vogue
Elle
Real Simple
InStyle
Good Housekeeping
• Parade
• Slate
Vox
Kirkus Reviews
Library Journal
BookPage
Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
An Instant
New York Times
Bestseller
A Reese's Book Club Pick
"The most provocative page-turner of the year."
Entertainment Weekly
"I urge you to read
Such a Fun Age
."
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice,
is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other.
With empathy and piercing social commentary,
explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone "family," and the complicated reality of being a grown up. It is a searing debut for our times.
The Washington Post
•
Chicago Tribune
NPR
Vogue
Elle
Real Simple
InStyle
Good Housekeeping
• Parade
• Slate
Vox
Kirkus Reviews
Library Journal
BookPage
Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
An Instant
New York Times
Bestseller
A Reese's Book Club Pick
"The most provocative page-turner of the year."
Entertainment Weekly
"I urge you to read
Such a Fun Age
."
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice,
is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other.
With empathy and piercing social commentary,
explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone "family," and the complicated reality of being a grown up. It is a searing debut for our times.
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