Luster

One sentence synopsis... a wry, sharp, often cringe-worthy, intergenerational story about a young black woman who gets involved in a white couple's marriage.

Read it if you like... ‘Conversations with Friends' by Sally Rooney, or ‘The New Me' by Halle Butler. Leilani smashes together themes of capitalism, race, class, and trauma beneath witty observations and sardonic lines.

Dream casting... Tiffany Boone (Young Mia from ‘Little Fires Everywhere') as unmotivated artist Edie. Adam Brody and Kristen Bell as the married couple she becomes entrenched with.