![]() ![]() And her novel turns a lens on a Brooklyn neighborhood where expensive organic food is turning up at the corner bodega, and white hipsters are encroaching on a community held together by block parties. In moments like this, Zoboi captures the sharp social satire that keeps Austen’s novel fresh two centuries later. The party is later derailed when Zuri’s younger sister Layla finds a glass of wine and starts spilling lines like, “We’re bad and bougie up in this bitch.” ![]() Darcy awkwardly accepts the homemade pastelitos and Haitian fried pork the Benitezes bring to share. When the Darcys throw a party to welcome their new neighbors, Mrs. But the real issue is that he seems to consider Zuri’s family beneath him. Darius wears his pants a little too tight and doesn’t acknowledge the other young men on the block. She takes an instant dislike to second son Darius Darcy, even as her older sister Janae is smitten by Darius’ brother Ainsley. That makes Zuri, the family’s protector and “hard candy shell,” hold even tighter to the community she loves. The arrival of the Darcys and their two handsome teenage sons signals change for the five Haitian-Dominican Benitez sisters across the street. ![]()
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