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Briar Chamberlain
Zara is Emira’s best friend. She’s confident and outspoken. Zara is a nurse—a longtime dream of hers—and though she’s always known what she’s wanted to do with her life, she doesn’t judge Emira for being less certain about her future. Zara supports Emira, but she also is honest with her: when Emira is too busy pouting over her own financial woes to be happy for their friend Shaunie for getting a promotion, Zara tells Emira to get over herself. Emira sometimes feels like an outsider in her friend group, since all her friends are further ahead in their careers and have more financial stability than she does. Zara accompanies Emira to the Chamberlains’ house to support her during the interview with Laney Thacker that Alix has arranged for them to talk about the recently-leaked footage of Emira’s altercation with a security guard at Market Depot. While there, Zara overhears Alix ask Tamra if she was right to release the Market Depot footage. She immediately relays this information to Emira and tells Emira that she can no longer work for the Chamberlains. With Zara’s help, Emira successfully secures a reasonable salary with benefits with Beverly, her boss at the Green Party, which allows Emira the financial stability she needs to quit babysitting. She also jumps in front of Laney Thacker’s news crew’s cameras and makes a scene in support of Emira after Emira announces her resignation and humiliates Alix on live TV.
Zara Quotes in Such a Fun Age
The Such a Fun Age quotes below are all either spoken by Zara or refer to Zara . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 23 Quotes
Tamra’s eyes went small in an exaggerated and confident expression. “Oh girl, yes,” she said. “One hundred percent. This is probably the best thing to ever happen to Emira.”
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This passage takes place the morning of the interview Laney Thacker conducts with Alix and Emira. Tamra comes to provide moral support, and Alix, thinking that she and Tamra are alone and out of earshot, asks Tamra if she was right to release the Market Depot video. Tamra replies, enthusiastically, that Alix was absolutely right to do so—and she even argues that the video’s release “is probably the best thing to ever happen to Emira.” This passage is important because it reaffirms how so many of the well-intentioned, privileged adults in Emira’s life think they know what’s best for her—and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias.
Chapter 25 Quotes
She chose you. Emira and Kelley are no longer together. Stay with it, Alix. You’re almost there.
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Emira’s friend Zara overhears Alix and Tamra talking and discovers that it was Alix who leaked the Market Depot video to news outlets. She tells Emira, and Emira proceeds to derail her and Alix’s interview with Laney Thacker, making subtly subversive comments that stray from the general script they’d all agree on, and then ultimately resigning from her babysitting position on live TV. These lines are Alix’s thoughts when Emira makes her first off-script remark by referring to the LetHer Speak polo she wears when she works as her “babysitting uniform.” Alix tries to calm herself. Kelley had called the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex
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Zara Character Timeline in Such a Fun Age
The timeline below shows where the character Zara appears in Such a Fun Age. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...tells Mrs. Chamberlain that she’ll be there soon. Emira gets ready to leave. Emira’s friend Zara offers to accompany her to the Chamberlain house. Josefa, their other friend, is upset about...
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When Emira and Zara reach the Chamberlain residence, they can hear Catherine crying inside. Emira sees a small hole...
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Zara, Emira, and Briar leave the Chamberlain residence and walk to Market Depot, an upscale grocery...
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Zara gets a text and then tells Emira that she has to leave—she might have a...
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...take a cab home, though she knows Mrs. Chamberlain would pay for it. She texts Zara to come over. When Zara arrives, Emira tells her about everything that happened. Zara can’t...
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Chapter 5
...four Black friends. They make introductions. After Kelley and his friends leave to get drinks, Zara critiques Emira for pursuing a white guy when she criticized Zara for the same thing...
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Chapter 6
Through her snooping, Alix has learned that Emira is always texting Zara (labeled Kween Zara). She’s also learned a lot about Emira’s musical tastes. Some artists she...
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Chapter 10
...Emira excitedly and announces that she’s been hired as a marketing specialist at Sony Philadelphia. Zara, still dressed in scrubs, sings a song to celebrate Shaunie’s latest achievement. Josefa calls to...
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...Emira is so tired—she only babysat today. Inwardly, Emira notes that Josefa would never tell Zara that she “only nursed today.” But she keeps her thoughts to herself. Josefa tells Emira...
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Emira worries that if Zara goes out without her, she might realize that Emira isn’t her closest friend and dump...
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Zara knocks on the bathroom door but then barges in anyway. Emira appreciates Zara. Even though...
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Zara understands that Emira’s had a bad day. But she also insists that Emira get over...
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After her chat with Zara, Emira approaches Shaunie, invites her to do a shot, and congratulates her on her new...
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Chapter 20
...a blast. On Tuesday, they go sledding. On Wednesday, they go to the mall with Zara and take photos with Santa. On Thursday, Emira takes Briar to Camden, New Jersey, to...
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Chapter 22
...dress, sheer tights, and a plastic tiara. The club isn’t as upscale as the places Zara, Shaunie, and Josefa favor, but Emira is happy. She orders a round of tequila shots...
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...drinks. Shaunie demands champagne. In between taking pictures and drinking drinks, Josefa quietly signals for Zara to come over. Then Zara pretends that Emira is bleeding, grabs her arm, and pulls...
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Emira and her friends crowd into the accessible stall. Zara asks Emira if she shared the Market Depot video. Emira doesn’t know what Zara is...
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...to her, and she has no reason to doubt him—right? Before Emira can stop her, Zara runs out of the bathroom and heads toward Kelley and his friends. She pretends she’s...
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...Emira ignores him, climbs into the car with her friends, and leaves. Inside the car, Zara takes Emira’s phone and relabels Kelley’s number “Don’t Answer.”
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Chapter 23
...and her camera crew set up at the Chamberlain residence. Not long after, Emira and Zara arrive. Tamra is there, too—she took the train in from New York and arrived early...
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Chapter 24
Mrs. Chamberlain opens the front door and lets Emira and Zara inside. Zara gasps at the interior. They’ve arrived with Dunkin’ Donuts coffees, but Zara ditches...
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...comb in her makeup bag and assumes it must be in her backpack. She asks Zara to go get it for her. Zara jokingly guffaws at Emira’s newfound confidence. “She think...
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Zara reappears, interrupting Emira’s fantasies about the future. There’s a serious expression on her face as...
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...after what Alix did to her. But she also realizes she won’t have a job. Zara asks if Emira can survive on her typing job alone. Emira mentions how Beverly, her...
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Zara tells Emira to call Beverly back immediately and work out the offer. Outside, Laney calls...
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Emira accepts the offer just as Mrs. Chamberlain knocks on the bathroom door. Zara opens the door as Emira ends the call. Mrs. Chamberlain tells Emira she looks pretty,...
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Chapter 25
Everyone walks into the living room. Alix watches Zara and Emira share “a precious exchange.” Alix and Emira sit next to each other on...
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...gets up and leaves. Briar follows her, crying out, “Mira, way fo’ me!” Emira gives Zara the signal, and Zara runs in front of the camera and says, “Homegirl is out,...
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Chapter 26
...Briar is too young to understand what it means to say goodbye. In the distance, Zara continues to make a scene, Tamra yells at Zara to stop, and Mrs. Chamberlain asks...
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Emira realizes she doesn’t have her backpack. Zara motions toward the stairs—Emira will have to walk past Mrs. Chamberlain to get it. She...
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...doesn’t respond—she can only stare back at Emira with an “empty and embarrassed” expression. Then Zara and Emira leave the Chamberlains’ for the last time.
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Chapter 28
...not be as successful as her friends—Shaunie is engaged, Josefa is teaching at Drexel, and Zara is supporting herself and her sister—but she’s content. She was able to join her friends...
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