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' Observer 'Addictive immediate
brilliant' Helen Mort From the author of the award-winning Saltwater comes a beautifully told
love story set across Barcelona Paris London and the north-east of England. 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. '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
