Such A Fun Age - Kiley Reid
“Emira had met several "Mrs. Chamberlains" before. They were all rich and overly nice and particularly lovely to the people that served them. Emira knew that Mrs. Chamberlain wanted a friendship, but she also knew that Mrs. Chamberlain would never display the same efforts of kindness with her friends as she did with Emira: "accidentally" ordering two salads and offering one to Emira, or sending her home with a bag filled with frozen dinners and soups.”
The novel starts when Emira Tucker, a 25 year old black woman, was accused of kidnapping by a supermarket security guard when she was doing her work as a part-time babysitter to a white family. Alix, her employer and a feminist blogger, resolved to ‘make things right’ with Emira, who is wary of her help. It’s a book that explores the stickiness of transactional relationships and what it means to make someone "family".
The novel starts when Emira Tucker, a 25 year old black woman, was accused of kidnapping by a supermarket security guard when she was doing her work as a part-time babysitter to a white family. Alix, her employer and a feminist blogger, resolved to ‘make things right’ with Emira, who is wary of her help. It’s a book that explores the stickiness of transactional relationships and what it means to make someone "family".
- Format Paperback | 320 pages
- Dimensions 153 x 224 x 25mm | 373g
- Publication date 31 Dec 2019
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Publication City/Country New York, United States
- Language English
- ISBN13 9780593087336