{"product_id":"luster-9781250798671b","title":"Luster","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWinner of the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize for Best First Book\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eNamed Best Book of the Year by \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eO: the Oprah Magazine, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Town and Country, Amazon, Indigo, NPR, Harper’s Bazaar, Kirkus Reviews, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Literati Book Club recommendation from Susan Orlean\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eEdie 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 a wife who has agreed to an open marriage - with rules.\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\u003e 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 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.","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870009036880,"sku":"9781250798671B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781250798671-l.jpg?v=1785883256","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/luster-9781250798671b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}