Författare: Kiley Reid
Antal sidor: 310
Goodreads beskrivning
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.
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.
Mina åsikter
Den här boken hade ett väldigt lovande koncept som skulle behandla viktiga ämnen i dagens samhälle. Men jag gillade tyvärr inte riktigt sättet som det var gjort på. Alla karaktärerna var så himla bleh, det gällde även dem karaktärer som vi var menade att gilla. Dem var inte tillräckligt utvecklade vilket fick det att kännas som om att dem inte hade några personligheter. Jag hade önskat att karaktärerna hade fått större karaktärsutvecklingar. Nu kändes det mest som att karaktärerna stod och stampade på samma ställe hela tiden.
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