At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. Alix resolves to make things right.But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix’s desire to help. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. The store’s security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar.

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. One of the better fiction titles out this year.Ī REESE’S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK”The most provocative page-turner of the year.” –Entertainment Weekly“A great way to kick off 2020.” –Washington Post“I urge you to read Such a Fun Age.” –NPRA 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.

Reid’s book puts quite a spotlight on it. Sadly, overtones of stereotyping based on one’s origin are all too relevant in today’s world and often they are ignored. Alix, her employer, cannot believe that her babysitter was accused of wrongdoing when nothing was going on, and she begins to find ways to “fix” the situation. He tapes a confrontation with her, posts it, and it goes viral. A man sees her out and thinks something criminal is going down. Emira is just doing her job and babysitting her young charge.

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