NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, VOGUE,ย MARIE CLAIRE, READER'S DIGEST,ย AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
โA gripping readโฆUnabashedly queer, probing and unafraidโฆExceedingly engaging.โ โUSA Today
โSublimely weird, fluently paced, brazenly funny and gayer still, and it richly deserves to find readers.โ โNew York Times
From the author of the New York Timesโbestselling sensation Mostly Dead Things: a surprising and moving story of two mothers, one difficult son, and the limitations of marriage, parenthood, and love
If sheโs 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 bestโdriving, cleaning, cooking, prodding him to finish projects for schoolโwhile growing increasingly resentful of Monika, her confident but absent wife. As Samson grows from feral toddler to surly teenager, Sammieโs life begins to deteriorate into a mess of unruly behavior, and her struggle to create a picture-perfect queer family unravels. When her sonโs hostility finally spills over into physical aggression, Sammie must confront her role in the messโand the possibility that it will never be clean again.
Blending the warmth and wit of Arnettโs 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 familyโand the many ways it can be torn apart.