Though registration is not required, we ask that you please sign up if you plan to attend so we can make appropriate preparations. 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. Join us for our hybrid socially-distanced in-person and Zoom discussion on Wednesday, June 9 at 7pm. Through the eyes of a white woman in her early thirties and a black woman in her mid-twenties, Such a Fun Age explores race, class and power dynamics, but also aspirational motherhood, self-serving narratives, and the difference between who we think ourselves to be and who we might actually be.

( Learn more about borrowing eBooks and digital audiobooks here.) Alix Chamberlain is a successful white businesswoman who is struggling with a move from New York City to an affluent suburb of Philadelphia. Request a copy of a print edition, large print edition, or book on CD through the BCCLS catalog, or by calling us at 20 or emailing us at Borrow a copy of the eBook or digital audiobook on Libby. Putnam’s Sons) by Kiley Reid follows the story of two women in modern America from different races and socio-economic levels.Visit us during indoor service or curbside pickup hours and ask for a copy of a print edition at the upstairs desk or over the phone.Step one: Read! You have several options for borrowing the book: With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone family, and. The incident brings about a surprising connection between the two women and, when a video of the confrontation goes viral, unravels their lives and relationship in unexpected ways. Emira is mortified and Alix resolves to make things right. While watching Alix’s toddler one night, Emira is accused of kidnapping by store security at a local high-end supermarket.

Such a Fun Age explores the lives of mother and entrepreneur Alix Chamberlain and her babysitter, Emira Tucker, a Black twenty-something still searching for her purpose post-college. We’re encouraging everyone in Demarest to read (or listen to) Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid and join us for a hybrid in-person and Zoom discussion on Wednesday, June 9.

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