![]() ![]() Her 26th birthday is approaching, which means she’s about to get kicked off her parents’ health insurance, so she’s got a ticking clock on this problem.īut all Emira really likes doing is hanging out with Briar, her 3-year-old white babysitting charge. She’s Black, a recent college grad, and struggling to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Such a Fun Age concerns 25-year-old Emira. This novel is a satire of polite liberal prejudices, and how they flourish beneath a veneer of colorblind civility. President Barack Obama is in office, Hillary Clinton is expected to be the next president, and pundits are given to smugly declaring America to be post-racist and post-sexist.Īs Such a Fun Age shows, that was never truly the case. It’s 2015, the lead-up to the 2016 election. ![]() ![]() Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age, the Vox Book Club’s pick for November, takes place in a very specific age indeed. The Vox Book Club is linking to to support local and independent booksellers. ![]()
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