Emira has tried to imagine getting a permanent nannying position with another family so she can get her own health care, but it’s not children in the abstract she likes: it’s Briar specifically, who is smart and deadpan funny and never stops asking questions. Her 26th birthday is approaching, which means she’s about to get kicked off her parents’ health insurance, so she’s got a ticking clock on this problem.īut all Emira really likes doing is hanging out with Briar, her 3-year-old white babysitting charge. She’s Black, a recent college grad, and struggling to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Such a Fun Age concerns 25-year-old Emira. This novel is a satire of polite liberal prejudices, and how they flourish beneath a veneer of colorblind civility. President Barack Obama is in office, Hillary Clinton is expected to be the next president, and pundits are given to smugly declaring America to be post-racist and post-sexist.Īs Such a Fun Age shows, that was never truly the case. It’s 2015, the lead-up to the 2016 election. Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age, the Vox Book Club’s pick for November, takes place in a very specific age indeed. The Vox Book Club is linking to to support local and independent booksellers.
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