Luster by raven5/13/2023 And then she meets Eric, a white, middle-aged archivist with a suburban family, including a wife who has sort-of-agreed to an open marriage and an adopted black daughter who doesn't have a single person in her life who can show her how to do her hair. No one seems to care that she doesn't really know what she's doing with her life beyond looking for her next hook-up. She's messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all the wrong men, and has failed at the only thing that meant anything to her, painting. Longlisted for the Women's Prize For FictionĮdie is just trying to survive. Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Fiction Debut of the Year 'A book of pure fineness, exceptional.' - Diana Evans, Guardian It's brutal-and brilliant.' - Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth 'A taut, sharp, funny book about being young now. Razor sharp, provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender, Luster by Raven Leilani is a painfully funny debut.
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