Such a Fun Age

When Emira Tucker, a young Black woman working as a babysitter, is apprehended in a high-end supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she is actually caring for, the incident is filmed and quickly goes viral. This racially charged confrontation ignites an explosive chain of events, deeply impacting her relationship with her employer, Alix Chamberlain. Alix, a successful white feminist blogger with seemingly the best of intentions, becomes determined to 'make things right' for Emira, seeing it as an opportunity to demonstrate her progressive values. However, Emira, who is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's often performative efforts, finds herself increasingly uncomfortable with the attention. As their lives become inextricably linked, a surprising past connection emerges between Alix and the man who filmed the supermarket incident, forcing both women to confront uncomfortable truths about race, class, privilege, and identity. The novel expertly skewers the nuances of modern motherhood, performative activism, and the often-unseen power dynamics that shape relationships across social divides, leading to a dramatic crash course that will upend everything they thought they knew about themselves and each other.