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When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for ‘kidnapping’ the white child she’s actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix’s desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know – about themselves, each other and the messy dynamics of privilege.

Millie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She’s slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance. Agatha is a writer, recovering from a break-up while researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. She strikes gold when interviewing the girls in Millie’s dorm, but her plans take a turn when she realises that the best material is unfolding behind closed doors.

Yumi Parr is the new project coordinator of a Manhattan design agency. Set apart from her coworkers by their race, salaries, alma maters, perfect teeth, and waistbands, Yumi bears their grunt work. After one microaggression too many, she decides to implement a change. Either senior white employees with their mouthfuls of wokespeak will comply or Yumi will learn a difficult lesson about the realities of modern business culture.

Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.

Es ist eine richtig gute Party. Es ist voll, die Musik ist laut, die Drinks sind kalt. Emira ist aufgestylt und feiert richtig ab. Da bekommt die Afroamerikanerin einen Anruf von Alix. Ob sie wohl spontan auf die kleine Briar aufpassen könne? Emira liebt Briar, und sie braucht den Job als Babysitterin. Wenig später hängen die beiden in einem riesigen Supermarkt ab und albern herum. Doch einer der Sicherheitsleute macht ihnen Stress. Eine junge Schwarze, mit einem kleinen weißen Mädchen? Es kommt zu einem Tumult.

Cuando ambas mujeres descubren que tienen mucho más en común de lo que creían, su forma de ver el mundo que las rodea, e incluso a sí mismas, da un vuelco que pone sus vidas patas arriba.