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SUMMARY:Discuss "Luster" By Raven Leilani IN PERSON
LOCATION:David Geffen Hall\, Lincoln Center
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 28% · why: lots of
  people going\n\nHello all Novels of New York Readers! We're rounding out 
 our “summer of erotica” and I’m happy to be hosting! Please see below for 
 all details. PLUS - teaser! - we have some REALLY exciting book club up-le
 vels starting September and I'll be sharing all about it at our August gat
 hering 🤩\n\nLuster By Raven Leilani\n\nBook Overview ☀️\nA NEW YORK TIMES 
 NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR\n"An irreverent intergenerational tale of race an
 d class that's blisteringly smart and fan-yourself sexy." --Michelle Hart\
 , O: The Oprah Magazine\n\nNo one wants what no one wants.\n\nAnd how do w
 e even know what we want? How do we know we're ready to take it?\n\nEdie i
 s stumbling her way through her twenties…sharing a subpar apartment in Bus
 hwick\, clocking in and out of her admin job\, making a series of inapprop
 riate 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 a
 rchivist with a family in New Jersey\, including an autopsist wife who has
  agreed to an open marriage - with rules.\n\nAs if navigating the constant
 ly 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 wo
 man young Akila knows.\n\nIrresistibly unruly and strikingly beautiful\, r
 azor-sharp and slyly comic\, sexually charged and utterly absorbing\, Rave
 n Leilani's 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 haunti
 ng\, 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.\
 n\nOptional Assignment:🤓\n\n1. Choose a word to share that sums up this bo
 ok for you.\n1. Choose a quote to share that sums up this book for you.\n1
 . Choose an NYC quote to share 🌆
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