"...she'd lain in bed the night before and been so pleased as she counted in her head how many African American guests would be present at her Thanksgiving table."

Just finished Such a Fun Age and am digesting my feelings, of which I have many. Strong social message but, for a Booker longlist, I missed experiencing deep and beautiful writing. In my opinion it's satire strong but literature light. I certainly enjoyed the well-developed and deeply flawed characters. It evoked strong emotion in me, pissed me off significantly, and kept me anxiously awaiting to find out what happens next. I loved how Emira wasn't an ambitious young woman on a mission but still struggling to find her path, even at the end. And the portrayal of Alix's White performative allyship was oh so real and another source of my irritation. But for all the racism and hypocrisy we encounter, both blatant and masked, I missed truly knowing how it made the characters FEEL. All in all absolutely worth reading and a great book to discuss.