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From the author of the award-winning Saltwater comes a beautifully told love story set across England, France and Spain.

A girl grows up in the north of England amid scarcity, precarity and the toxic culture of heroin chic, believing that she needs to make herself smaller to claim presence in the world.

Years later, as a young woman with unattainable ideals, she meets someone who calls everything into question, and is forced to confront episodes from her past. Their relationship takes her from London to Barcelona and the precipice of a new life, full of sensuality. Yet she still feels an uneasiness. In the sticky Mediterranean heat, among tropical plants and secluded beaches, she must decide what form her adult life should take and learn how to feel deserving of love and care.

©2022 Jessica Andrews (P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Women's Fiction England

Critic reviews

"Jessica Andrews's first novel, Saltwater, was wonderful. The follow-up, Milk Teeth, is even better." (Alex Preston)

"Fiction to Look Out for in 2022." (The Guardian)
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Opened my eyes to the different layers of a food disorder, body dysmorphia and self harm (trigger warning). Explores the fears of indulgence, lack of access to opportunities when you are swallowed by trauma and the idea of goodness and who it belongs to.

Gut wrenching read

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nothing happened, good portrayal of her lust and desire but it's a shame there was nothing happening

Trite and repetitive

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