Empathy and sympathy, getting those things from a reader is not my priority. I think when you show the fullness of someone, it goes past good or bad.
I hate when a novel tells me what to think about a person. I think Alix is responding to things sometimes in bad ways and sometimes in good ways, but that makes her a full person.
Their intentions are really great, but when you take a step back and you look at what their impact is, it can get a bit messy. I love hearing you say that these characters are familiar because that was definitely the goal, presenting someone who you see often at the gym or in the next cubicle. She spoke with IPR's Charity Nebbe in January 2020. Reid is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also made the 2020 Booker Prize longlist. "Such a Fun Age," was published in December 2019 and debuted at number three on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list. The book is about race and class, but also human nature, good intentions, bad behavior and our glaring blind spots. She's making ends meet by babysitting for an adorable and precocious almost-preschooler named Briar. The central character Emira is a 25-year-old Black woman, who has graduated from Temple University and isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. They're people you will recognize, and perhaps identify with a little too much. Author Kiley Reid's first novel, “Such a Fun Age,” is filled with incredibly nuanced characters.
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