Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series

  The Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series continued on Saturday June 26 th with a lively unpacking of Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.  Such a Fun Age begins when Emira Tucker is called away from a birthday party late one night to care for two-year-old Briar Chamberlain when the Chamberlains have a household emergency. Emira agrees to go get Briar and take her to a high-end supermarket to keep her distracted until the coast is clear for Briar to be returned home. Emira is dressed in provocative late-night weekend party clothes and she's had a couple of drinks.  The manager at the market sees 25-year-old Emira who is Black with the little blond toddler and accuses her of kidnapping Briar. Another bystander in the store films the incident. Emira called Briar’s dad, who comes in and immediately clears up the misunderstanding. Emira is extremely embarrassed and thinks that if she had a “real job” this would not have happened. The guy who did the filming is Kelley, who late