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- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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 best seller
A Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book 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 binge-worthy and bighearted 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 25, 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.
What the critics say
Winner of the African American Literary Award
Finalist for:
The New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award
The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
The NAACP Image Award
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia's Literary Award
A Book Club Pick:
Vox • Marie Claire #ReadWithMC • Buzzfeed • Book Girl Magic • Well-Read Black Girl • WNYC Get Lit With All of It • Nerdette
“Reid constructs a plot so beautifully intricate and real and fascinating that readers will forget it’s also full of tough questions about race, class and identity….With this entertaining novel, Reid subverts our notions of what it means to write about race and class in America, not to mention what it means to write about love. In short, it’s a great way to kick off 2020.”—Washington Post
“A complex, layered page-turner…This is a book that will read, I suspect, quite differently to various audiences—funny to some, deeply uncomfortable and shamefully recognizable to others—but whatever the experience,....Let its empathetic approach to even the ickiest characters stir you, allow yourself to share Emira’s millennial anxieties about adulting, take joy in the innocence of Briar’s still-unmarred personhood, and rejoice that Kiley Reid is only just getting started.”—NPR
“[Such a Fun Age] nestl[es] a nuanced take on racial biases and class divides into a page-turning saga of betrayals, twists, and perfectly awkward relationships....The novel feels bound for book-club glory, due to its sheer readability. The dialogue crackles with naturalistic flair. The plotting is breezy and surprising. Plus, while Reid’s feel for both the funny and the political is undeniable, she imbues her flawed heroes with real heart.”—Entertainment Weekly
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- Cake
- 2020-02-27
So good
An enjoyable book that articulates really complex issues in a fun and interesting way. Made me think about my position in this world, and how I interact with people. It is also funny, sweet and inspiring! Loved the characters so so much!
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- Charissa
- 2020-06-13
reality
lol this book is basically about two white folks arguing over who is more racist and the Black woman who gets caught in their drama
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-02-05
I learned, I liked, and I was a bit disappointed
First, I think it's a worth a read. The topic is important and there is some thoughtful content here that lead to interesting conversations with friends about racism vs race awareness (which is not necessarily a good thing) vs race fetishism that I never considered before. However, I often found the characters full of stereotypes and I wanted to see Emira empowered in a way that would be more inspiring for young black women of her generation. It had a great curious start but could have had a stronger ending.
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- Brenna
- 2020-01-31
Could not put down!
The narration and story were so beautifully told. This book is a fantastic read, especially if you are a 20-something also trying to figure out what to do with their career path!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-03-27
Good message
An important story and message. Really made me think about how we all interact in this world. Not a page turner, but I’m glad I read it.
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- C. Browder
- 2020-04-03
Engaging story
What a great book! The story was well written and imaginative. I thoroughly enjoyed it
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- Kristine Royle
- 2021-03-21
pleasantly surprised by the amount of depth
when I first started it, I didn't think much. by the end of the book I found myself pondering many facets of life and the underlying nuances.
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- Grace
- 2020-03-26
hilarious and meaningful
i could not stop listening. it is fair to say that i binged this book!!
a very perfect and needed telling of racism, class, priviledge and technology.
please write another book!!!
and make this one into a movie!
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- C Clark
- 2023-03-23
Such a great listen! Compelling book
I loved the performance, the voices and the story.
This book is a realistic glance at race and relationships but ultimately about characters and people and love.
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- Ashley
- 2020-05-05
Wonderful
Really wonderful story and performance. I am very picky about the narrator and I think Nicole Lewis did an incredible job. Worth a listen.
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