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But sadly it isn't a true moment of self awareness; Andrews continues to use her creative writing powers for evil, referring to the love interest in the second person like the whole novel is a self-conscious creative writing exercise that got out of hand. Gorgeous . . . Andrews’s writing is transportingly voluptuous, conjuring tastes and smells and sounds like her literary godmother, Edna O’Brien.’ New York Times on Saltwater The plot is non-chronological, flipping between our unnamed protagonist's present and past relationships as she attempts to come to terms with her life expectations, wants and regrets, predominantly that she's not living up to her potential. Milk Teeth is electrifying. It's an exothermic novel that breathes, seethes and writhes. An intimate exploration of class, precarity, sex, power and, above all, of the fragility and exuberance of love. The prose is vivid, gorgeous and supple. It's immediate and ultra-sensual and has the emotional pitch and intensity of the best gig you've ever been to. A thunderbolt of a book. -- Francesca Reece Also, it felt really important to write a book that had positive sex between a man and a woman in it. A lot of the books I read are about trauma and rape and sexual abuse. And while it’s really important that we have those conversations, I feel like there’s not much representation of positive sexual experiences. If we only have the trauma, and we don’t have the positive things as well, then how do we really move on from it, because then do you not feel afraid, and do you not feel hurt, and do you not feel scared?

However, as is often the case in the novel, the narrator is riven by a sense that this decision is not really her own. She wrestles with the challenge of understanding what it is she wants and with finding ways to express and assert her agency. My life was cherry-flavoured' (what does that mean? Another iteration of the cliche of life as a bowl of cherries?) You held a flame between your fingers and I wanted to swallow you, but I was afraid of the taste of my own desire, like bleach and petrol, peaches dipped in salt. You knotted your want into a rope and threw it to me. I shivered in the dawn, counting dead stars, then I reached out my hands and took it.We lay in the wet grass in the park, catching stars on the ends of our eyelashes. My new friends said things like, 'This park has a bad heart,' or 'the sky is falling down,' and I knew what they meant, lacing my fingers through theirs and running through the lavender dawn, our long coats flying out behind us.' ha hahahahahahaaaa hahaaaaa haa what I have to say, I wasn’t as blown away with this as I was by Salt Water (her debut). Partly I think it’s to do with the subject matter -more the romantic relationship entanglements, which became a tad repetitive in nature (also I’m not a huge romance fan) and perhaps also to do with the narrator herself. Who was almost too caught up in her own head (which I guess is a byproduct of the fact that it’s written in first person -duh Dylan!). I think what I mean is, there were certain passages that felt slight too navel gazing and, dare I say it, overly written? (She sure does love a simile!) An intimate love story . . . Lazy comparisons to Sally Rooney don't do Andrews' unique writing style justice. Milk Teeth is a must-read. ― Reaction.Life Can you write a simile?' I ask him. ‘If you had to compare pizza to something, what would you compare it to?'

Portico Prize-winning author Jessica AndrewsSceptrehas written a second novel, Milk Teeth, forSceptre. I have noticed that many of the young men in Donegal have shaking hands. [...] I ask my mother what it is that makes them shake. 'It'll be the drink,' she says, sagely." Milk Teeth is absolutely gorgeous, perfectly written, emotional, poetic, sexy, heavy, draining, filling, so so so satisfying. So human, so real! Ms Andrews, are you in love with Barcelona? I think you are because you captured its SMELL, which is something that very few authors capture about cities. Yes, Barcelona has a very specific smell. Fruit, heat, sweat, piss, sea, wind, sugar, sewer, empanadas, beer, bread, chocolate. I smell this every day and I love it, I allow it to fill my body and omg, did I enjoy the descriptions of my beloved city in this book. I feel privileged. Andrews's lyrical prose overflows with sweet metaphors and sensuous imagery that . . . remains somehow addictive. -- Ellys Woodhouse ― New StatesmanAddictive, immediate, brilliant . Jessica Andrews offers a profound take on the ways our bodies are policed, on class, escapism and losing yourself in others -- Helen Mort But it wasn't just Andrews'... questionable word choices that bothered me; it was how she felt the need to bash the reader over the head with what she considered to be the book's salient themes: It’s set in the early pre social media explosion of 2000’s. It’s easy to forget in our World that toxic diet & body cultures way pre date the Internet. You only have to read The Edible Woman @margaretatwood published in 1969 to know this is true. In the world of this book our protagonist has read & consumed a constant diet of magazines, TV shows, opinions from friends & family. Chaney’s compelling, highly readable debut delves into the history of normality. It wasn’t until 200 years ago that the word “normal” was even applied to humans: prior to that it was purely a mathematical term. But 19th-century developments in science, and the growing popularity in statistics, prompted a search for averages – and subsequently norms – in human health, experience and behaviour. Encompassing everything from sex surveys to baby weight, beauty standards to sexuality, this is a brilliantly engaging work of popular science. Orwell’s Roses Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial?

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