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Such a Fun Age
- Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
A Best Book of the Year:
- The Washington Post
- NPR
- Chicago Tribune
- Slate
- Parade
- Elle
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- InStyle
- Good Housekeeping
- Vox
- Kirkus Reviews
- Library Journal
- BookPage
Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
An instant New York Times best seller
A Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick
"The most provocative page-turner of the year." (Entertainment Weekly)
"I urge you to read Such a Fun Age." (NPR)
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a bighearted 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.
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' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store'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.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's desire to help. At 25, 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's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves and each other.
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 complicated reality of being a grown up. It is a searing debut for our times.
What the critics say
Winner of the African American Literary Award
Finalist for:
The New York Public Library's 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award
The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
The NAACP Image Award
A Book Club Pick:
Marie Claire #ReadWithMC • Buzzfeed • Book Girl Magic • Well-Read Black Girl • WNYC Get Lit With All of It • Nerdette
"Reid constructs a plot so beautifully intricate and real and fascinating that readers will forget it’s also full of tough questions about race, class and identity.... With this entertaining novel, Reid subverts our notions of what it means to write about race and class in America, not to mention what it means to write about love. In short, it’s a great way to kick off 2020." (Washington Post)
"A complex, layered page-turner.... This is a book that will read, I suspect, quite differently to various audiences - funny to some, deeply uncomfortable and shamefully recognizable to others - but whatever the experience, I urge you to read Such a Fun Age. Let its empathetic approach to even the ickiest characters stir you, allow yourself to share Emira’s millennial anxieties about adulting, take joy in the innocence of Briar’s still-unmarred personhood, and rejoice that Kiley Reid is only just getting started." (NPR)
"Kiley Reid has written the most provocative page-turner of the year.... [Such a Fun Age] nestl[es] a nuanced take on racial biases and class divides into a page-turning saga of betrayals, twists, and perfectly awkward relationships.... The novel feels bound for book-club glory, due to its sheer readability. The dialogue crackles with naturalistic flair. The plotting is breezy and surprising. Plus, while Reid’s feel for both the funny and the political is undeniable, she imbues her flawed heroes with real heart." (Entertainment Weekly)
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-11-08
Annoying narration
I disliked the voice and performance of narrator so much that I could not get through this book.
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- Michelle
- 2020-06-17
Yikes
This book was bad. Why is it so popular?
Stereotypical black people. Stereotypical white people. Mediocre writing. Flat characters. Storyline that goes nowhere. ????? Just a no. Skip this book. I am shocked it has been so popular. I wonder who was paid off.
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- MCK
- 2020-04-25
Adored this book!
Perfect. Both the storytelling and narration left nothing to be desired. I could not have loved this book more! Complex issues, but engaging and funny and easy to listen to.
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- susan matthews
- 2020-05-24
Totally enjoyable!
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book and pretty much had to listen until it was over. The audible equivalent of “I couldn’t put it down”
The characters were so interesting- it took me awhile to decide if I liked them or not, except for Amira- who was totally likeable from the beginning. Highly recommend this one and can’t wait for more stories from this author!
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-02-22
Excellent Read!
This book was absolutely fantastic. It navigated some very difficult topics seamlessly and in a very impactful manner.
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- Lynda Bell
- 2021-10-25
Super annoying, pretentious pronunciation of Alice
Could not stand listening even 1 more minute after hearing Alix pronounced 'Alique' over and over and over again. WTH? Why can't Alix just be Alix? She is American , not French!! So pretentious and totally spoiled the book as this was so annoying and distracting.
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- Karine Deschamps
- 2021-06-28
fantastic
loved the story and the narration. race is complicated and this does it justice. picked it up as per Oprah rexommendation and I recommend it too!
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- Kait
- 2021-06-14
Dynamic characters, annoying baby voice.
Interesting story and characters. I didn’t love the voice the narrator did for Briar, but other than that a great audiobook!
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- Kristine Royle
- 2021-03-21
pleasantly surprised by the amount of depth
when I first started it, I didn't think much. by the end of the book I found myself pondering many facets of life and the underlying nuances.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-02-05
I learned, I liked, and I was a bit disappointed
First, I think it's a worth a read. The topic is important and there is some thoughtful content here that lead to interesting conversations with friends about racism vs race awareness (which is not necessarily a good thing) vs race fetishism that I never considered before. However, I often found the characters full of stereotypes and I wanted to see Emira empowered in a way that would be more inspiring for young black women of her generation. It had a great curious start but could have had a stronger ending.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-01-31
This is embarrassing!
Getting through this audiobook was difficult when you are cringing every two sentences. I am appalled by the portrayal of both African-American and the Caucasian characters in this book. It came across as caricatures and I am sad everyone is jumping on the bandwagon that the book was 'amazing' when the dialogue of half these characters was so damn bad. This is pissing me off for anyone not of color picking up this audiobook and believing that this encompasses the black experience (how black people speak, especially when their backstories are those of college educated women (e.g. one character getting her second masters); so one-dimensional and embarrassing.
110 people found this helpful
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- SouthernChaos
- 2020-01-14
No
Not one single person in this book is likable. No one. I finished, but it I kept waiting for so much more.
69 people found this helpful
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- Rachel A.
- 2020-01-17
promising start but nothing else
the most interesting part of this book is outlined in the synopsis. after that.. nothing. the characters are boring and their interactions are superficial. Emira spent the book drifting aimlessly. Alix's business backstory was badass but in the present she'd transformed into a useless puddle of indecision. every time kelley spoke, my eyes rolled into my brain. the high drama of the interaction that kicks the book off peters out into nothing as you spend the next 8 hours listening to conversations and interactions that are pointless, pretentious, or cringeworthy and ultimately lead nowhere. Briar's toddler outbursts were the only bits of dialogue that were enjoyable. the narrator, however, was great - she gave the main characters very distinctive voices.
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- april
- 2020-01-14
Teen Scream?
Was there a plot or just aimless anecdotes? Desperately seeking a plot, a refund, maybe a clue. Clearly a ramble into the young adult or early childhood section.
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- 2020-01-11
Empty
The storyline was lacking anything worthwhile to listen. There is no redeeming purpose of the whole book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-01-04
Wow
I’ll admit it. I’m a mood reader. I’m also easily influenced and find myself often tracking down a book I’ve seen heavily discussed on social media. I always want to see if the hype is really all it’s cracked up to be. I had seen this book being discussed on social media but decided I definitely had to get it when it was chosen for Reese’s January book of the month pick. I usually listen to audiobooks slowly, while I get ready for work, on my commute, while working out, cooking dinner etc.
It often takes me a week or so to finish a 10-12 hour audio book. I started this book January 2nd around 1 o’clock and finished on January 3rd around 10 pm.
I could NOT stop listening.
The narrator is probably the best I’ve listened to since becoming an audible member over a year ago. I loved her voices for the characters, her inflection made the story even better.
The writing was so light and airy and flowed so well.
I honestly kept guessing throughout the story about what would happen. Not only is this an entertaining read but it addresses so many social issues without being preachy or cramming one’s beliefs down the reader’s throat.
I’m honestly sad I’m finished with it. Book hangover for sure. If this is the author’s debut novel I can’t wait to get my hands on her next. WOW!
65 people found this helpful
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- Jannah
- 2020-01-08
Entertaining and Accurate
As a young African-American woman I can definitely attest that this book accurately depicts the delicate and very complex relationships between black women and their white women employers. So many familiar moments and Déjà vu in this story. Also, touched on .. interracial relationships and those uncomfortable nuisances that can serve as reminders that sometimes there’s a thin line between “wokeness” and ignorance.
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- Mike
- 2020-02-02
Pointless
I’m 4 hrs into and still don’t see a point to the story. It so far has not been as provocative as the synopsis promised. There is too much mindless dialogue and the only positive thing about the book is the narrator. I don’t think I can finish listening to the book. I might keep it on the back burner for when I’m out of credits.
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- KelleyA
- 2020-02-21
Don't bother with this book. Not good!
I loved the summary of this story when I read it, deciding whether or not to buy it. However, outside the first few chapters, the story was nothing like the summary. I felt Reid's characters were completely overdone stereotypes.
I couldn't tell if Briar was on the spectrum & only Emira could handle/knowledge this. Was this an underlying theme of the book? Or if the author was just trying to write what she thought a toddler would sound like. Confusing.
Then there is Emira and Alix. These two characters are shallow and don't engage you at all. I was so disappointed.
I hope I have saved you hours and time for a better read.
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- Lisa K.
- 2020-01-03
Brilliant!!
Kiley Reid captures the good, the bad and the very essence of what we humans do ... it’s all so complex, yet so simple.
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- Xavier Nicaise
- 2020-12-06
I'd like to have more of this!
Very nice story, very nicely read!
Just one slight minus point: it's American English but after you're used to it it's really nice!
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- Monika Nogaj
- 2020-07-18
Disappointing
Very well read by Nicole Lewis. A pleasure to listen to her as she brings the various characters to life.
The story is however very disappointing, full of cliches about what the book actually wants to denounce.