Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Charting the relationship of a black babysitter with her employer from the white liberal elite, Reid’s layered and razor-sharp

debut holds a mirror up to race, privilege and gender in twenty-first century America.

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020

Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Book of the Year 2021

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.