Milk Teeth

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A girl grows up in the north-east of England amid scarcity, precarity and a toxic culture of bodily shame,certain that she must make herself ever smaller to be loved. Andrews makes the case for a life lived abundantly and ardently, full of sensation and pleasure, risk and safety. And it is then so disappointing to have to say (as I often have) that "I really wanted to like this, but. Something that feels greedy, rapacious, in its demand for both your attention and the full spectrum of your emotional intellect.

Dynamics of class, caste, religion, sexuality and more come up and intertwine which each other before they're swept underneath the carpet again - but the lump is now forever visible much like the warp on the nice notebook of Ira's which met with the rains.One scoured her city for news/topics of interest for the job she loved; other scoured the accounts/market for his too-demanding and tiring job.

I start with a lot of interest, then depending on the writing the interest is sustained; some books rally around in the last 30% and have a terrific ending - the 5 starrers, that I relish. Those of us who grew up in the India of the 90s will recognise our parents, friends and the pace and rhythm of life the book so wonderfully describes.A well-thought story covering so much more than the familial relationship, the various issues faced by the residents of the city or even the exploration of one’s sexuality.