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Such a Fun Age

Van: Kiley Reid
Verteld door: Nicole Lewis
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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." --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. Belletristik Coming of Age Frauenliteratur

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The Story is really good, you want to know how it ends. The end is sad but also realistic and good. The story gives good insights on how different and covered racism can appear.

Good insight to racism

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Everything that was written is so beautiful! Race and racism are immensely complex issues and the book handles them really well. What counts as a racist remark, am I covertly racist when I prefer something or someone's company, how can I avoid positive racism, is diversity almost always just a checklist for people in power to feel less racist? I'll be haunted by these questions but I'll also be more mindful of my actions, words, company and taking decisions on someone else's behalf. As a brown woman, a general note to everyone who wants to not be racist or come off as one, or being like Alix and Kelly from the book, ask. Ask how that person feels in that given moment, ask THEM if they need help, don't assume and don't treat a person from minority as your own property that needs to be protected. Always ask first 😊

Perfekt

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The performance was alright, I would have preferred the characters' voices and intonation to be a little different, but it is alright as it is too.
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I would've wished for a different ending. It felt flat as if the writer didn't really had time to finished it. It just feels weird for me atm. maybe by the next reading it will feel better, but I thought that it wasn't a fear ending.

Lovely

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Really liked this book! It reminded me a lot of Queenie by Carty-Williams so whoever liked it will love this

Tackles so many problems that are overdue talking about

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I couldn't stop listening.
Well written and perceptive character descriptions, you have to go on reading to find out if each person fullfils their goals. Elmira's girlfriends sound like a fun crowd. Well worth it.

Addictive indeed

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