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I keep my worries in my teeth, a novel, Anna Cox

eng

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fiction

I keep my worries in my teeth

Anna Cox

a novel

Esther, Frankie, and Ruth live in a small Ohio town anchored by the thriving Juliet Pencils factory. After a freak accident at the plant, these women have to re-create their lives using the only tools they’ve got: wits, molars, and a new pair of shoes. Esther is an anxious person with a very specific prowess: she bites pencils. When the accident leaves her suddenly unemployed, she searches for new ways to manage her anxiety, but nothing works. She must discover a solution before her teeth mutiny and her worries take over. Frankie, the teenage daughter of the pencil factory owner, is full of contradictions. After the accident damages Frankie’s ability to speak, she is forced to step out of her powerful mother’s shadow so she can discover who she is and what she wants to say. Ruth owns the local photography lab. As the town unravels, Ruth spearheads a massive campaign to refocus on its future, but nothing will succeed until Ruth lets go of her past. This hilarious and redemptive story explores three women’s liberation amid a tumult of grief, loneliness, and first love

adolescent