That Alix’s new and favorite shoes were from Payless, and only cost eighteen dollars. She wants Emira to know “ that one of Alix’s closest friends was also black. They both in some way want control over Emira, they’re both well-meaning but both overstep the mark, both invade her privacy and actually make her life harder.Īlix is desperate to be seen as relevant, she doesn’t want to be thought of as the middle-class white woman. It’s this concept that intrigued me most, the white saviour complexes of both Kelley and Alix. ![]() I’d have lost my shit with the pair of them constantly telling me what to do. Alix is intent on pointing out to Emira that Kelley is bad news, Kelley keeps telling her she can’t work for Alix because she’s racist. Kelley, the guy who filmed the grocery store incident (and eventual boyfriend) is desperate for her to share it, she doesn’t want to, she’s humiliated but it’s private. It’s about Emira figuring out who she can trust and standing up for herself in a world where the people around her are intent on speaking for her. Now, I half expected that the video would be posted and go viral straight away, I’m glad this book didn’t go down that obvious route and instead examined the relationships between race and class divides in a different way. In the wake of this, Emira’s boss, Alix Chamberlain, resolves to ‘make everything right and get to know Emira’.Įmira, is aimless after leaving college, she can’t work out what she wants to do and becomes wary of Alix’s sudden attempts to become friends. The whole exchange is filmed by a bystander. ![]() 25-year-old black woman Emira Tucker is accused of kidnapping the white toddler she’s babysitting. Two, it is how people talk to each other, especially friendship groups, it’s when we’re at most comfortable and when we drop our heirs and graces.Īnyway, back to the book, the story starts at an upmarket grocery store. One, I can’t say it registered on my radar (I admit I use it a lot). About two hours after finishing this book, I saw a tweet criticising Reid for her use of language in it, particularly the ‘F bomb’. ![]() I enjoyed the dialogue and interactions between the characters, especially the friendship groups how they spoke to each other felt real to me. This is Kiley Reid’s debut novel and I am looking forward to following her career.
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