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A Best Book of the Year:
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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.” –NPR
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.
Publisher : G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Publication date : April 20, 2021
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 368 pages
ISBN-10 : 0525541918
ISBN-13 : 978-0525541912
Item Weight : 9.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.46 x 0.78 x 8.21 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #22,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #185 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) #234 in Mothers & Children Fiction #1,053 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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Customers find this book to be a compelling and thought-provoking read that holds their interest until the very end, with well-developed characters and a writing style that makes it engaging. Moreover, the book tackles complex themes including race and socio-economic issues, making it eye-opening and insightful. However, the storyline receives mixed reactions, with some finding it interesting while others consider it unbelievable, and the pacing is similarly divided between those who find it fast-paced and those who note a slow start.
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