Such a Fun Age

A razor-sharp debut about poverty, privilege, and racism. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and makes her living teaching other women just that. When her babysitter Emira is accused of kidnapping for being in a supermarket just before midnight with Alix's white daughter, Alix is shocked. But Emira has other concerns: just before her twenty-fifth birthday, she still doesn't have a proper job, is constantly broke, and is suspicious of Alix's desire to help. Then a video of the night in the supermarket goes online, calling into question everything they thought they knew: about themselves, each other, and the complex dynamics of privilege. Reid has written an impressive novel about our times. Nominated for the Booker Prize.