{"product_id":"such-a-fun-age-by-kiley-reid","title":"Such a Fun Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Kiley Reid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The most provocative page-turner of the year.\" \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--Entertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"I urge you to read \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuch a Fun Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuch a Fun Age \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlix 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut 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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith empathy and piercing social commentary, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuch a Fun Age\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33301186281558,"sku":"SKU010002751","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1518\/3132\/files\/File-1182.png?v=1788125262","url":"https:\/\/illinois-holocaust-museum.myshopify.com\/products\/such-a-fun-age-by-kiley-reid","provider":"Illinois Holocaust Museum \u0026 Education Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}