ISBN: 9780593191521
Editorial: Riverhead Books
Autor: Arnett, Kristen
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 304
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, VOGUE, MARIE CLAIRE, READER'S DIGEST, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING“A gripping read…Unabashedly queer, probing and unafraid…Exceedingly engaging.” –USA Today “Sublimely weird, fluently paced, brazenly funny and gayer still, and it richly deserves to find readers.” –New York TimesFrom 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 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.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. Review PRAISE FOR WITH TEETH:“A beautiful, startling demystification of queer family . . . a portrait of a woman who is, at once, wholly ordinary and not quite like any literary mother who came before.” —Vogue “Sublimely weird, fluently paced, brazenly funny.” —New York Times“[A] gloriously messy, eminently Floridian tale of family dysfunction. . . . Arnett pays brutal, forensic attention to the pain that festers when family members ignore their wounds and those that they inflict on others.” —The Atlantic“Absolutely captivating and scathingly frank . . . strangely shrewd and tender . . . Arnett is that rare, brave writer willing to articulate the darkest thoughts even the best parents entertain while trudging along through the most challenging job in the world.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post “Gripping [and] un-put-down-able . . . a story with a chewy, sinewy bite that will leave you hard-pressed to look away.” —USA Today“Arnett [is] adept at staging sensuous tragicomedies against the often-freakish backdrop of Florida. . . . Come for the wackiness and wonder of queer family dynamics, stay for the poignant portrait of motherhood on the brink.” —O, The Oprah Magazine“[A] biting and funny take on queer families” —Entertainment Weekly“Darkly funny yet sobering.” —Elle“As With Teeth spins through its insightful portrayal of queer parenthood, the struggle for identity and autonomy amidst the disintegration of a marriage, Kristen Arnett keeps us guessing until the final moment.” —Los Angeles Review of Books“An equally humorous and moving portrayal of a mother's fear of her hostile son while desperately trying to keep her family together.” —Marie Claire“Arnett has a masterful sense of pacing and a real love for her flawed, unreliable characters. She infuses wit, emotionality, and that specific, saturated Florida essence into the writing, making [With Teeth] compulsively readable.” —Shondaland“Warm and witty[,] compassionate and unflinching, Arnett’s story of a queer family in crisis illuminates poignant truths about parenthood, aging, and the ties that bind us.” —Esquire"There is something refreshing, even comforting, about this story, complicated portrait of parenthood in all its unruly beauty." —Vulture“There is no book I wish had come out sooner . . . Arnett’s sense of humor and celebration of queerness, absurdity, Florida heat and outsidership
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