![]() She becomes a part of this white married couple’s life with Akila, their twelve-year-old adopted black daughter. When Edie loses her job at a literary agency and is no longer able to afford the rent for her apartment, Rebecca invites her to come live with them. ![]() She is the perfect wife who swaps her workouts between yoga and Pilates, and dissects the dead at a mortuary for a living. But just when an explanation is underway, the narrative shifts to Rebecca. There is a certain level of toxicity too. Their relationship is at times impulsive, other times irresolute. ![]() In Eric, Edie she finds a release of her insecurities. Passion pervades her body and soul, and with it comes problematic decisions. It is addictive and unrestrained, much like its protagonist Edie, who epitomizes young women of today, at times reckless but also aware, subversive yet compliant. Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize (2021), the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (2020), and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction (2020), and a New York Times bestseller, Raven Leilani’s debut novel is making headlines for its piercing commentary on race, class, gender and sexuality. ![]() ![]() But Luster treads delicately and finds footing in the crazy. When a 23-year-old black American woman falls in love with an older white man and becomes a part of his open marriage, wife and kid in tow, one would expect nothing less than an explosive and intimidating landing. ![]()
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