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**GET READY FOR COME AND GET IT - THE EXPLOSIVE NEW NOVEL FROM KILEY REID, AVAILABLE NOW**
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'Essential. This year's hit debut' Guardian
'A biting tale of race and class' Sunday Times
'I couldn't put this down' Jojo Moyes
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The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
A Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Red, Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan Book of the Year
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When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know – about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege.
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'Bites into the zeitgeist then spits it out with gusto. You really should read it, ASAP' - Stylist
'About power dynamics, race, social commentary, and also why and how we are the woman we are' - Pandora Sykes
'An extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour' Daily Mail
'A beautiful tale of how we live now' Elizabeth Day
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A Reese Witherspoon and Zoella Book Club Pick
Product details
| Published | 10 Jan 2021 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781526612168 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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This is the calling card of a virtuoso talent ... I had thought of ending this review by predicting that Kiley Reid may be the next Sally Rooney. But Such a Fun Age is so fresh and essential that I predict instead that next year we'll be anxiously awaiting the next Kiley Reid
Guardian
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What a joy to find a debut novel so good that it leaves you looking forward to the rest of its author's career . . . A tantalisingly plotted tale about the way we live now . . . Such a Fun Age speaks for itself; I suspect it will turn its writer into a star
The Times
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Will fire off a million debates . . . The pages sing with charisma and humour
Sunday Times
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Razor-sharp . . . Reid writes with a confidence and verve that produce magnetic prose . . . A cracking debut – charming, authentic and every bit as entertaining as it is calmly, intelligently damning
Observer
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Smart, fast-paced and beautifully observed, Reid tackles timely themes around race and political correctness with wit and verve
Mail on Sunday
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Witty and incisive . . . What Kiley Reid's debut novel delivers is a more compelling indictment of humans, of how we interact with ourselves and each other, than most writers could muster . . . A dazzlingly clear-eyed study of relationships: between partners, mothers and daughters, peers and friends
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