Such a Fun Age: 'The book of the year' Independent: Kiley Reid: Bloomsbury Publishing

Such a Fun Age

'The book of the year' Independent

Such a Fun Age

'The book of the year' Independent

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**GET READY FOR COME AND GET IT - THE EXPLOSIVE NEW NOVEL FROM KILEY REID, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**
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'Essential. This year's hit debut' - Guardian

'A biting tale of race and class' - Sunday Times

'I couldn't put this down' - Jojo Moyes
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The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
A Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Red, Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan Book of the Year
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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.
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'Bites into the zeitgeist then spits it out with gusto. You really should read it, ASAP' - Stylist

'About power dynamics, race, social commentary, and also why and how we are the woman we are' - Pandora Sykes

'An extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour' - Daily Mail

'A beautiful tale of how we live now' - Elizabeth Day
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A Reese Witherspoon and Zoella Book Club Pick

Product details

Published	29 Dec 2020
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	320
ISBN	9781526612168
Imprint	Bloomsbury Publishing
Dimensions	198 x 129 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

This is the calling card of a virtuoso talent, a thrilling millennial spin on the 19th-century novel of manners that may call to mind another recent literary sensation. I had thought of ending this review by predicting that Kiley Reid may be the next Sally Rooney. But Such a Fun Age is so fresh and essential that I predict instead that next year we'll be anxiously awaiting the next Kiley Reid

Guardian
What a joy to find a debut novel so good that it leaves you looking forward to the rest of its author's career . . . A tantalisingly plotted tale about the way we live now . . . Such a Fun Age speaks for itself; I suspect it will turn its writer into a star

The Times
Will fire off a million debates . . . The pages sing with charisma and humour

Sunday Times
Razor-sharp . . . Reid writes with a confidence and verve that produce magnetic prose . . . A cracking debut – charming, authentic and every bit as entertaining as it is calmly, intelligently damning

Observer
Smart, fast-paced and beautifully observed, Reid tackles timely themes around race and political correctness with wit and verve

Mail on Sunday
Witty and incisive . . . What Kiley Reid's debut novel delivers is a more compelling indictment of humans, of how we interact with ourselves and each other, than most writers could muster . . . A dazzlingly clear-eyed study of relationships: between partners, mothers and daughters, peers and friends

Financial Times