Everything Is Teeth [Hardcover]

When she was a little girl, passing her summers in the heat of coastal Australia, Evie Wyld was captivated by sharks—by their innate ruthlessness, stealth, and immeasurable power—and they have never released their hold on her imagination. From the award-winning author ofAll the Birds, Singing,here is a deeply moving graphic memoir about family, love, loss, and the irresistible forces that, like sharks, course through life unseen, ready to emerge at any moment.

Black-and-white illustrations throughout.“A lyrical reminiscence of Wyld’s youthful fixation of sharks . . . To read their collaboration is to experience Sumner’s artwork at least as much as Wyld’s spare, reflective narration.”—New York Times Book Review

“The darkly poetic voice Wyld evoked in her previous work reveals itself in a different way here, working within the constraints of writing text for a cartoon frame . . . The very terseness required here offers power, linguistic clarity and dramatic opportunities that draw the reader into an emotionally compelling world . . . The obvious touchstone is Alison Bechdel’sFun Home,and Wyld likewise delivers an incisive portrait of a father who provides a forceful foil for the main character . . . The power of the prose inEverything Is Teethis magnified by Joe Sumner’s illustrations, which combine primitive yet delicate portraits of the girl and her surroundings with viciously realistic renderings of sharks swimming through the pages . . . The narrator’s fears, and her ultimate triumph over them, make for a magical trip into a world that we’re happy to glimpse from the shore.”
 —Jean Zimmerman,NPR.org

“Wyld’s memories of her childish point-of-view ring incredibly true: the huge jumps to conclusion and outsize fears; the awareness of only snippets of what’s happening in thlă!