{"product_id":"9781529073393-luster","title":"Luster","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRazor sharp. provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender,\u003ci\u003e Luster\u003c\/i\u003e is a painfully funny coming-of-age story told by a fresh new voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDylan Thomas Prize 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize For Fiction 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘A book of pure fineness, exceptional.’ – Diana Evans, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A taut, sharp, funny book about being young now. It's brutal—and brilliant.' - Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edie is just trying to survive. 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. 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. 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. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscape of sexual and racial politics as a young black woman wasn’t already hard enough, with nowhere else left to go, Edie finds herself falling head-first into Eric’s home and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Razor-sharp, provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender, \u003ci\u003eLuster\u003c\/i\u003e by Raven Leilani is a painfully funny debut about what it means to be young now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInStyle\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eO Magazine, Buzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ei-D\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e BookPage\u003c\/i\u003e and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama’s Favourite Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40742591234145,"sku":"9781529073393","price":5.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/a966c4644bb0afa1a928ecf48fcca80c.png?v=1686371849","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529073393-luster","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}