Reid Kiley
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Philadelphie. Emira Tucker, jeune diplômée afro-américaine, s'occupe de Briar, la fille d'une influenceuse réputée. Un soir, dans un magasin avec l'enfant, Emira se fait prendre à partie par un vigile. Une jeune Noire et une petite fille blanche, ensemble, à une heure tardive : la situation est forcément louche. La scène, humiliante, est filmée par un passant. Pour tous ses proches, Emira devient alors la victime idéale. Celle que l'on doit prendre en charge, conseiller, aider et défendre. Mais très vite celle-ci est excédée par la bonne conscience facile que chacun se donne à cette occasion. Peu à peu, l'atmosphère devient irrespirable, puis explosive... et les illusions des uns et des autres volent en éclats.
Avec ce premier roman, qui révèle un écrivain d'exception, Kiley Reid porte un regard aussi acéré que singulier sur le monde d'aujourd'hui et ses dérives. Une époque formidable s'est classée dès sa sortie en tête des meilleures ventes du New York Times. Une adaptation cinématographique est en cours.
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'A new literary star' The Times A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick // A Zoella Book Club Pick // A Times , Stylist , Elle , Glamour and BBC Best Book of 2020 When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know - about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege.
__________________________ 'Essential . This year's hit debut' Guardian 'A biting tale of race and class' Sunday Times 'I couldn't put this down' Jojo Moyes 'Bites into the zeitgeist then spits it out with gusto . You really should read it, ASAP' Stylist 'About power dynamics, race, social commentary, and also why and how we are the woman we are' Pandora Sykes 'A beautiful tale of how we live now' Elizabeth Day
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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 showing other women how to do the same. A mother to two small girls, she started out as a blogger and has quickly built herself into a confidence-driven brand. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night. Seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, a security guard at their local high-end supermarket 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 it 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. With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone "family," the complicated reality of being a grown up, and the consequences of doing the right thing for the wrong reason.
