"Exploring family secrets and the legacies of war, this dual-voiced, multi-generational YA page-turner undulates with emotion. "
Set between Cambridge in 2024 and Famagusta, Cyprus, in 1974, Joanna Nadin’s My Teeth in Your Heart tells the emotionally-rich story of two young women connected by the legacies of the Cypriot war.
Thrillingly plotted, with cliff-hangers coming thick and fast thanks to the dual-timeframe, dual-character narratives that reveal escalating political unrest, war, and personal revelations in 1970s Cyprus, and explosive truths in the present-day, it’s also romantic and rip-roaringly gripping.
In the present-day, Billy is doing her best to navigate her last year before uni, while falling-out with her best friend and dealing with a problematic mother. Then, when her grandmother’s will requests that her ashes are to be scattered in Cyprus, where she and her husband met, mother and daughter travel to the island, where Billy is compelled to follow-up shocking truths revealed in her grandmother’s diary.
A second equally-as absorbing narrative plays out in Cyprus in 1974, where 17-year-old ex-pat Anna aspires to study at Cambridge and falls in love just as war breaks out.
Illuminating on the historic context, My Teeth in Your Heart is also a wonderful coming of age story as it lays bare the lives of two young women who, though separated by fifty years, face comparable situations when it comes to love, sex, and the desire to live free.
| Primary Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
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