Endorsed by Reese Witherspoon and Lena Waithe, this debut novel is already said to be the book of 2020.
Reid’s acclaimed novel focuses on Emira, a 25-year-old black woman navigating postgraduate life in Philadelphia as a babysitter for a wealthy white family — a job that affords her a paltry salary and no vacation or health insurance.
Though Emira struggles with the precariousness of her livelihood, she finds solace in taking care of Briar Chamberlain, a rambunctious and curious toddler. One night, Briar’s mother, Alix, calls up Emira asking her if she can take him to the grocery store, insisting that she’ll pay Emira double as the sitter was not scheduled to work that night.
“The characters that I enjoy the most, the author has set me up to not know how to feel about them,” Reid said. “I think it’s a bit romantic to believe that racist and homophobic individuals are those ways all the time."
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