Such a Fun Age

BOOK DESCRIPTION

A striking and surprising debut novel 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. When her babysitter Emira is stopped by a security guard while out with Alix’s toddler daughter late one night, accused of kidnapping, the incident becomes a flashpoint that upends both women’s lives.

With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships and what it means to make someone family – a searing debut for our times.