Synopsis. Such A Fun Age is about Emira, a 25-year-old black woman, who is working as a babysitter to raise Briar, a 3-year-old white girl. It’s a story that examines modern racism by depicting the fallout after Emira is hassled and accused of being a kidnapper when she takes Briar to the supermarket.
Hereof, is such a fun age being made into a movie?
Such a Fun Age is being made into a movie by Emmy winner Lena Waithe, with Reid as an executive producer.
Similarly, what should I read if I like such a fun age?
Such a Fun Age read-alikes
- That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alan.
- Disgruntled by Asali Solomon.
- Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob.
- They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez.
- One Night in Georgia by Celeste O. Norfleet.
Is there romance in such a fun age?
At 11 p.m. on a Saturday night, a racist shopper calls security on Emira and Briar, assuming a kidnapping in progress. This elaborate setup, in the book’s first 20 pages, signals to the reader that this novel, while equal parts mystery and romance, is definitely also about race and class.
Is such a fun age a true story?
Is Such a Fun Age based on a true story? Reid was inspired by her own experiences as a nanny for the wealthy, although she’s very clear that Such A Fun Age is not a piece of autobiographical fiction.
How many copies has such a fun age sold?
What red was synopsis?
At their London home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. What Red Was explores the effects of trauma on mind and body, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, the courage of a young woman in speaking out.