<b>A Best Book of the Year: <br /> <i>The Washington Post</i> • <i>Chicago Tribune <b>• </b></i>NPR <b>• <i>Vogue</i></b><i> <b>• </b>Elle <b>•</b></i> <i>Real Simple</i> <b>• </b><i>InStyle <b>• </b>Good Housekeeping <b>• Parade <b>• Slate <b>•</b></b></b></i> <i>Vox <b>•</b></i> <i>Kirkus Reviews <b>• </b>Library Journal <b>•</b></i> <i>BookPage</i> <br /><br />Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize<br /><br /> An Instant <i>New York Times </i>Bestseller<br /><br />A Reese&apos;s Book Club Pick <br /><br /> "The most provocative page-turner of the year." <i>--Entertainment Weekly <br /><br /></i> "I urge you to read <i>Such a Fun Age</i>." --<i>NPR</i> <br /><br /> A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, <i>Such a Fun Age </i>is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.</b><br /><br />Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains&apos; toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store&apos;s security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right. <br /><br />But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix&apos;s desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix&apos;s past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other. <br /><br /> With empathy and piercing social commentary, <i>Such a Fun Age</i> explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone "family," and the complicated reality of being a grown up. It is a searing debut for our times.