Such a Fun age by Kiley Reid

Author: Kiley Reid

*Second Printing*

Genre: Contemporary, Literary Fiction

Synopsis:

A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age 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, Such a Fun Age 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.

Format: Hardcover, 313 Pages

Setting: NYC

Awards: Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2020), New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2020), Audie Award for Fiction (2021), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for International Book (2021), Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Novel and Nominee for Fiction (2020), NAACP Image Award Nominee for Debut Author (2020)

Goodreads Rating: 3.79

*This book is pre-loved, but has been carefully looked through to ensure it is not missing any pages and is in good condition. All visible flaws have been documented in the product photos.