Such a Fun Age
Characters in Such a Fun Age
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Emira Tucker
A twenty-five-year-old Black babysitter in Philadelphia, uncertain about her career and about to age off her parents' health insurance, who is wrongly accused of kidnapping the child she cares for.
Alix Chamberlain
A wealthy white influencer and letter-writing brand founder who employs Emira, and whose determination to befriend and 'help' her drives the second half of the novel's alternating narration.
Supporting characters
Briar Chamberlain
Alix's talkative three-year-old daughter, the child Emira babysits and the one person in the household she is genuinely attached to.
Kelley Copeland
The bystander who films the supermarket confrontation and later becomes Emira's boyfriend; he dated Alix in high school, a coincidence that entangles all three.
Peter Chamberlain
Alix's husband, a local television news anchor whose on-air remark brings unwanted attention to the family.
Zara (Such a Fun Age)
Emira's closest friend, blunt and clear-eyed about Emira's drift and about the Chamberlains.