The event escalates then cools off when Mr. Soon, the security guard is asking Emira why she has custody of Briar, assuming some type of kidnapping. Being a black woman in a skimpy dress baby-sitting a young white girl rings the alarm for one customer. With an upscale grocery store down the street, Emira decides to take Briar there to buy time. She ditches the party while in her party clothes to save toddler Briar from her parents as they deal with an unexpected situation in their home. Though the book rides on the racial divide, it fails to make the characters likeable and the main character is riding in the backseat of her own story.Įmira Tucker is partying with her friends when she gets a call from a couple, the Chamberlains, she regularly babysits for. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid is a tale about a millennial black woman who gets caught between her white boss and her white boyfriend after a racial incident while on the job leaves her vulnerable.
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