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Violence
Barely any
The racial confrontation at the novel's center; no physical violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language in Reid's contemporary register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult content in the romantic subplot
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in the Brooklyn professional milieu
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological complexity of the novel's racial dynamics — and the discomfort of watching well-intentioned harm — is its sophisticated and effective subject
What this book is about
Kiley Reid's debut novel follows Emira Tucker, a twenty-five-year-old babysitter who is stopped by a security guard while taking her white employer's daughter to a grocery store late at night, accused of kidnapping. What follows — and what Emira's well-meaning employer Alix does about it — becomes a sharp and uncomfortable examination of race, class, and performative allyship. Reid writes with intelligence and humor; the satire is precise.
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