{"id":1836,"date":"2022-12-22T19:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T19:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2023-03-11T16:32:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T16:32:20","slug":"cutting-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=1836","title":{"rendered":"Cutting Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a moment of \u201cyuuuuup\u201d when I read that Baker\u2019s debut adult novel, Whisper Network<\/em>, was chosen as a Reese\u2019s Book Club Pick, because more than one of the characters here strongly telegraphs \u201cunhinged woman played by Reese Witherspoon.\u201d The women are uber-mothers at the martyrdom competition that is a private preschool. Everyone\u2019s life is perfect, thank you, no sacrifice is too great, and the mom committee has everything very much under tight control. There is one problem. The four-year-olds like to bite. Not little bites, either. Their parents and siblings are the victims of vicious, prolonged attacks that draw copious blood that the biters seem to enjoy swallowing. Then their teacher is found dead outside the classroom, with a pool of blood surrounding her that has little footprints in it. Everyone knows that their<\/em> child didn\u2019t do it, but Ms. Ollie is dead, and the investigation is on. This book is at times as funny as it is strange, with Baker hilariously skewering modern parenthood and its obsessions, while also giving us behind-the-plastic-smiles looks at parents\u2019 inner thoughts. (I think we can all agree that \u201cjust a month or two break from giving a shit\u201d isn\u2019t much to ask for). Did you like Big Little Lies<\/em>? This one\u2019s for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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