Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Published Dec 2019. If you overlooked this title in 2019, definitely put it on your TBR! I loved this book because of the raw honesty. The way people make assumptions based on what they see, not what they know. Racist behavior can take place in many forms and people need to recognize these situations so they can be changed. I adored Briar the child in the book. She is sweet, kind, and honest. Amira, a young black woman who is trying to find her way in the adult world is the caregiver to Briar. Amira experiences many racist moments throughout the book at the hands of her employer and elsewhere and chooses many times to disregard the ignorance until it just cannot continue any longer. We see how subtle racism can be with just a spoken observation (“Your so pretty”), or how employers treat employees as less than and how a stranger can just be allowed to make an assumption & the condemnation of the victim can happen in an instant without judge and jury just because people make decisions before collecting facts. Definitely pick this one up. It’s worth it. Published Dec 2019 from G. P. Putnam’s Sons. This is Kiley Reid’s debut novel.