{"product_id":"cutting-teeth-9781250839787","title":"Cutting Teeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\"Jaw-dropping ... A darkly comic send-up of motherhood.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With devourable writing and pitch-perfect humor, \u003ci\u003eCutting Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp, original, wickedly astute look at the sting of modern motherhood.\" --Ashley Audrain, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Push\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Chandler Baker's \u003ci\u003eCutting Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty, thrilling story of parental love that asks: is there anything a mother won't do for her children?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarby, Mary Beth, and Rhea are on personal quests to reclaim aspects of their identities subsumed by motherhood--their careers, their sex lives, their bodies. But their children disrupt their plans when an unsettling medical condition begins to go around the Little Academy preschool: the kids are craving blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen a young teacher is found dead, and the only potential witnesses are ten adorable four-year-olds.\u003cbr\u003eSoon it becomes clear that the children are not just witnesses, but also suspects . . . and so are their mothers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the police begin to look more closely, the children's ability to bleed their parents dry becomes deadly serious. Part murder mystery, part motherhood manifesto, \u003ci\u003eCutting Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e explores the standards society holds mothers to--along with the ones to which we hold ourselves--and the things no one tells you about becoming a parent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChandler Baker is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhisper\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNetwork\u003c\/i\u003e, a Reese's Book Club pick, as well as the Good Morning America Book Club selection \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHusbands\u003c\/i\u003e. A former corporate lawyer, she lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, two small children, and even smaller dog. \u003ci\u003eCutting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTeeth\u003c\/i\u003e is her third novel for adults.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613831762194,"sku":"9781250839787","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ab438d15-50f0-4edc-bfaf-9ea5cbb56d7e.jpg?v=1748590386","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cutting-teeth-9781250839787","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}