White Teeth

White TeethNATIONAL BESTSELLER The blockbuster debut novel from a preternaturally gifted writer (The New York Times) and author of On Beauty and Swing Timeset against London's racial and cultural tapestry, reveling in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, and embracing the comedy of daily existence. One of the New York Timess 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Zadie Smiths dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and

when yesterday it was not

When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana

and grand romantic gestures—no matter what

Working at the local processing plant

California Review of Books

it's harder and harder to keep him at arm's length

has died in prison

and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region

Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth

“An inspiring book with many great lessons

they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are

What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare—one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder