LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE 2022 'With Teeth is a
wonderfully sticky novel about motherhood, partnership, sex and
love. Kristen Arnett lets her characters have the run of the place,
and it's delicious fun to watch them do, say, and think things
they'll regret' Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here 'Sublimely
weird, fluently paced, brazenly funny and gayer still' Naoise
Dolan, New York Times 'A darkly funny, brutally honest story about
a woman undone by motherhood . . . With Teeth digs in deep and
doesn't let go. I truly loved it' Jennifer Weiner, bestselling
author of Mrs Everything and That Summer 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 behaviour, 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. 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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