With teeth /
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Author / Creator: | Arnett, Kristen, author. |
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Imprint: | New York : Riverhead Books, 2021. ©2021 |
Description: | 290 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12623037 |
Summary: | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST , VOGUE , MARIE CLAIRE, READER'S DIGEST , AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING <br> <br> "A gripping read...Unabashedly queer, probing and unafraid...Exceedingly engaging." - USA Today <br> <br> "Sublimely weird, fluently paced, brazenly funny and gayer still, and it richly deserves to find readers." - New York Times <br> <br> From the author of the New York Times- bestselling sensation Mostly Dead Things : a surprising and moving story of two mothers, one difficult son, and the limitations of marriage, parenthood, and love <br> <br> If she's being honest, Sammie Lucas is scared of her son. Working from home in the close quarters of their Florida house, she lives with one wary eye peeled on Samson, a sullen, unknowable boy who resists her every attempt to bond with him. Uncertain in her own feelings about motherhood, she tries her best--driving, cleaning, cooking, prodding him to finish projects for school--while growing increasingly resentful of Monika, her confident but absent wife. As Samson grows from feral toddler to surly teenager, Sammie's life begins to deteriorate into a mess of unruly behavior, and her struggle to create a picture-perfect queer family unravels. When her son's hostility finally spills over into physical aggression, Sammie must confront her role in the mess--and the possibility that it will never be clean again.<br> <br> Blending the warmth and wit of Arnett's breakout hit, Mostly Dead Things , with a candid take on queer family dynamics, With Teeth is a thought-provoking portrait of the delicate fabric of family--and the many ways it can be torn apart. |
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Physical Description: | 290 pages ; 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9780593191507 0593191501 9780593191514 |