Synopsis from Goodreads: 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.
Genre? Contemporary Fiction
Backlist? Publication date was December 31, 2019.
New to me Author? Yes. This was a debut.
What I thought:
I really liked Such A Fun Age. I am not a POC, but I appreciated the inside look at what so many of them go through on a day to day basis. I always thought there was something off about some of Emira's relationships but it was interesting to watch them play out. I found that I could relate to Emira on some levels (like how we really have no idea what's going on in life when we are in our 20s) but then there were other times that I was really hoping she would just grow up. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. 4.25/5 stars.
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