{"product_id":"luster-paperback","title":"LUSTER (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eO Magazine, Vanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, Shondaland, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInStyle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSelf\u003c\/i\u003e, The New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, Boston.com, \u003ci\u003eHappy Mag\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Chatelaine, The Undefeated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApartment Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Based\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExile in Bookville, Lit Reactor, BookPage, i-D\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, Barack Obama\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS: \u003ci\u003eAV Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\/The Strategist, The Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the NBCC John Leonard Prize, the Kirkus Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So delicious that it feels illicit . . . Raven Leilani’s first novel reads like summer: sentences like ice that crackle or melt into a languorous drip; plot suddenly, wildly flying forward like a bike down a hill.\" —Jazmine Hughes, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An irreverent intergenerational tale of race and class that’s blisteringly smart and fan-yourself sexy.” —Michelle Hart\u003ci\u003e, O: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo one wants what no one wants.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd how do we even know what we want? How do we know we’re ready to take it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdie is stumbling her way through her twenties\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003esharing 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\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ewith \u003ci\u003erules\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrresistibly unruly and strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp and slyly comic, sexually charged and utterly absorbing, Raven Leilani’s \u003ci\u003eLuster \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leilani, Raven","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337137680658,"sku":"9781250798671","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/8901643482633.jpg?v=1780433961","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/luster-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}