![]() ![]() (The exquisitely perfect detail of that hashtag should give you a sense of how well-observed this novel is.)Īfter the grocery store incident, Alix develops a peculiar crush on her babysitter, yearning for her approval and trying to draw Emira into personal conversations. She’s parlayed a surprisingly fruitful hobby of writing letters to companies asking for free stuff “on thick, textured stationery and with dreamy cursive handwriting” into a college application consultation business and “a philosophy about women speaking up and taking communication back to basics” called #LetHerSpeak. Alix has the sort of vaporous “career” made possible by Instagram influencers and viral YouTube clips. That also sets her apart from Alix Chamberlain, who employs Emira to look after her two daughters several days a week. The one quality that distinguishes Emira from millions of other Americans her age (which may or may not be the “fun” age of the novel’s title) is her lack of any social media presence: no Instagram, no Twitter, not even Facebook. The Extremely Nerdy Love Stories That Are Burning Up the Bestseller List The Grim Lesson of the Week’s Weirdest Literary Controversy ![]() What I Found When I Went Through Cormac McCarthy’s Trash ![]()
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