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Such a Fun Age

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Such a Fun Age

Von: Kiley Reid
Gesprochen von: Nicole Lewis
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Bloomsbury presents Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, read by Nicole Lewis.

‘Essential. This year’s hit debut' – Guardian

‘A biting tale of race and class’ – Sunday Times

'I couldn't put this down' – Jojo Moyes
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The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
A Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Red, Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan Book of the Year
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When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for ‘kidnapping’ the white child she’s actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.

But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix’s desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know – about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege.
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'Bites into the zeitgeist then spits it out with gusto. You really should read it, ASAP’ – Stylist

‘About power dynamics, race, social commentary, and also why and how we are the woman we are’ – Pandora Sykes

'An extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour' – Daily Mail

'A beautiful tale of how we live now' – Elizabeth Day
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A Reese Witherspoon and Zoella Book Club Pick©2020 Penguin Random House LLC
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This is the calling card of a virtuoso talent ... I had thought of ending this review by predicting that Kiley Reid may be the next Sally Rooney. But Such a Fun Age is so fresh and essential that I predict instead that next year we’ll be anxiously awaiting the next Kiley Reid
What a joy to find a debut novel so good that it leaves you looking forward to the rest of its author’s career . . . A tantalisingly plotted tale about the way we live now . . . Such a Fun Age speaks for itself; I suspect it will turn its writer into a star
Will fire off a million debates . . . The pages sing with charisma and humour
Razor-sharp . . . Reid writes with a confidence and verve that produce magnetic prose . . . A cracking debut – charming, authentic and every bit as entertaining as it is calmly, intelligently damning
Smart, fast-paced and beautifully observed, Reid tackles timely themes around race and political correctness with wit and verve
Witty and incisive . . . What Kiley Reid’s debut novel delivers is a more compelling indictment of humans, of how we interact with ourselves and each other, than most writers could muster . . . A dazzlingly clear-eyed study of relationships: between partners, mothers and daughters, peers and friends
I LOVED this extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour . . . Clever, compelling and beautifully written
Marks the arrival of a serious new talent
A voice to watch . . . A smart, witty debut that smuggles sharp points about racial blindness, privilege and the gig economy inside a zesty comedy of manners
I LOVE THIS BOOK! A modern comedy of manners, so tightly plotted, heading towards a tremendous showdown … But it’s the prose! It bounces, pops and shimmers, it captures the authentic rhythms, drifts and tangents of genuine conversation, studding it with every laugh, sigh, shrug, glance-at-your-phone (Russell T Davies)
One of the most buzzed-about books of 2020 – and for good reason . . . Brilliant at capturing relationships, as well as the obliviousness of white privilege. Smart, punchy, well-paced and with an irresistible twist
As a layered and evocative social commentary, Reid makes an excellent job of it, drilling down into the virtue-signalling and motivations of the white liberal elite. She wraps serious messages in chatty prose that is a pleasure to read: dialogue crackles, characters pulse with the tics of modern American specimens . . . It’s witty and subversive and leaves you feeling impressively uncomfortable
Kiley Reid has written the most provocative page-turner of the year . . . Such a Fun Age nestles a nuanced take on racial biases and class divides into a page-turning saga of betrayals, twists and perfectly awkward relationships . . . Feels bound for book-club glory, due to its sheer readability
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