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Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid, 7 January
Reid's page-turning novel offers a darkly humorous commentary on the complicated dynamics of race and privilege when Emira, an underemployed black 25-year-old, is apprehended at a supermarket for "kidnapping" the blonde toddler she's actually babysitting.