It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way. Razor sharp, darkly comic, sexually charged, socially disruptive, Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life in a tumultuous era. Edie is the only black woman who young Akila knows. She becomes a hesitant friend to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Dripping with much-deserved praise, its a painfully funny portrait of what it means to. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren't hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and falling into Eric's family life, his home. As debut novels go, Raven Leilanis Luster is a truly special one. Shes messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage-with rules. Synopsis: Edie is just trying to survive. She's also, secretly, haltingly, figuring her way into life as an artist. Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties-sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. "Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage. by Raven Leilani, Ilaria Piperno, Stella Sacchini ( 65 ) 13.99 La protagonista di questo romanzo di formazione, Edith, รจ una brillante ventitreenne afroamericana orfana di una famiglia disfunzionale.
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