Such a fun age :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
310 pages ; 24 cm
Production / Publication Information
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2019]
Summary
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 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'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," the complicated reality of being a grown up, and the consequences of doing the right thing for the wrong reason.
Call Number
FICTION REID
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780525541905 9780525541912
Such a fun age :
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
389 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Production / Publication Information
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2019]
Summary
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 humilated. Alix resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix'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's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other.
Call Number
LARGE PRINT FICTION REID
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780593152379
Such a fun age :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
8 audio discs (9 hr., 59 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Penguin Audio, [2020]
Summary
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.
Call Number
CD FICTION REID
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9780593294611
Such a fun age
Author
Format:
Electronic Resources
Physical Description
1 audio media player (approximately 10 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Production / Publication Information
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023]
Summary
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 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'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.
Call Number
PLWY/BOOK/FIC/REID
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
ISBN
9798822673052
Los mejores años
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
366 pages ; 23 cm
Edition
Primera edición.
Production / Publication Information
Barcelona : Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2021.
Summary
"Cuando a Emira la detienen en la tienda del barrio acomodado de la familia para la que trabaja de canguro, acusándola de haber secuestrado a la niña a la que cuida, no le cabe duda de que el motivo es el color de su piel. Emira quiere pasar página, pero su jefa, Alix, está dispuesta a lo que sea con tal de ayudarla y no va a permitírselo. Alix Chamberlain siempre consigue lo que quiere. No es consciente del privilegio que le otorgan su dinero y ser blanca, y la vida de Emira es lo más interesante que le ha pasado últimamente. Cuando ambas descubren que tienen en común mucho más de lo que creían, su forma de ver el mundo, e incluso a sí mismas, da un vuelco que pone sus vidas patas arriba."--amazon.com
Call Number
SPANISH/FIC/REID K
Publication Date
2021, 2019
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9781644733639
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