Luster
Book
First edition.
"Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage." --
"Edie 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 an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage--with rules. As 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. 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 description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent, and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way." --Provided by publisher.
"Edie 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 an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage--with rules. As 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. 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 description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent, and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way." --Provided by publisher.
Available copies
- 38 of 38 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
0 current holds with 38 total copies.View other formats and editions
Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
---|---|---|---|
Bedford Free Library | FIC LEI (Text) Fiction |
31002150809159 |
Available - |
Bedford Hills Free Library | LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31003151566079 |
Available - |
Briarcliff Manor Public Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31036150935960 |
Available - |
Bronxville Public Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31004151715567 |
Available - |
Chappaqua Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31005500426939 |
Available - |
Croton Free Library | FICTION/LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31006151729654 |
Available - |
Dobbs Ferry Public Library | LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31007151385562 |
Available - |
Eastchester Public Library | FICTION LEI (Text) Fiction |
31008152475535 |
Available - |
Greenburgh Public Library | LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31009154682615 |
Available - |
Harrison Public Library | LEILANI, R. (Text) Fiction |
31010300225572 |
Available - |
Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31011151380482 |
Available - |
Hendrick Hudson Free Library | LEILANI, RAVEN (Text) Fiction |
31016151699674 |
Available - |
Hendrick Hudson Free Library | LEILANI, RAVEN (Text) Fiction |
31016151704854 |
Available - |
John C. Hart Memorial Library | LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31030155017932 |
Available - |
Katonah Village Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31013151878382 |
Available - |
Larchmont Public Library | LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31014152872408 |
Available - |
Lewisboro Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31032151398258 |
Available - |
Mount Kisco Public Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31017151924377 |
Available - |
Mount Pleasant Public Library | FIC LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31024153743789 |
Available - |
Mount Vernon Public Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31018155436244 |
Available - |
New Rochelle Public Library | LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31019156537022 |
Available - |
Ossining Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31021153345011 |
Available - |
Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31025152589321 |
Available - |
Rye Free Reading Room | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31028153180983 |
Available - |
Scarsdale Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31029154368296 |
Available - |
Scarsdale Public Library | TRD PB L (Text) Trade Paperback |
31029154384228 |
Available - |
Scarsdale Public Library | TRD PB L (Text) Trade Paperback |
31029154384236 |
Available - |
Somers Library | FICTION LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31031151831946 |
Available - |
The Field Library | LEILANI, R. (Text) Fiction |
31022152247620 |
Available - |
Town of Pelham Public Library | LEILANI (Text) Fiction |
31023151224875 |
Available - |
White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544101229300 |
Available - |
White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544201052446 |
Available - |
White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544201052453 |
Available - |
White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544201052461 |
Available - |
Yonkers Crestwood Library | FIC Leilani (Text) Fiction |
31035608011887 |
Available - |
Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | FIC Leilani (Text) Fiction |
31035604034883 |
Available - |
Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | FIC Leilani (Text) Fiction |
31035604034891 |
Available - |
Yonkers Riverfront Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31035600036775 |
Available - |