Luster
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780374194321, 0374194327, 9781250798671, 1250798671

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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. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. 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. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren't hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and invited into Eric's home--though not by Eric. She becomes a hesitant ally to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie may be the only Black woman young Akila knows. Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life--her hunger, her anger--in a tumultuous era. It is also a description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent, and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way.
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"Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Leilani, R. (2020). Luster (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Leilani, Raven. 2020. Luster. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Leilani, Raven. Luster Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Leilani, Raven. Luster First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.

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