Such a Fun Age: Reese’s Book Club

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid is a sharp, engaging debut novel exploring race, privilege, and adulthood. When Emira Tucker, a young Black babysitter, is wrongly accused of kidnapping while caring for her white employer’s child, Alix Chamberlain, the incident sets off a chain of events that exposes social inequalities, personal ambitions, and hidden pasts. Through their intersecting lives, the book examines transactional relationships, the meaning of family, and the challenges of growing up in a complex, modern world.