Book guide
Such a Fun Age
A babysitting misunderstanding sparks an explosive reckoning over race, privilege, and the stories two women tell about themselves.
Genre and trope pairingsContemporary FictionSelf-discoveryLiterarySelf-discoveryLiterarySocial commentary
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About Such a Fun Age
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.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- racism
- racial profiling
- racial slurs
- microaggressions
- classism
- fatphobia
- fetishization
- sexism
- child neglect
