{"product_id":"luster-raven-leilani-9781432885151","title":"Luster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raven Leilani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1432885154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781432885151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorndike Press Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirkus Prize - Winner","brand":"Raven Leilani","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":43987593036031,"sku":"9781432885151","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8993adbe-1fa9-412a-a4bf-5b2e48e25bf1.jpg?v=1683289908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luster-raven-leilani-9781432885151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}