'[A] warm and witty exploration of our hidden vulnerabilities' - Catherine Simpson

Ellis’s life has crumbled without warning. Her boyfriend has fallen in love with someone else, her job’s insecure, her bank account’s empty and she has a mouthful of unreliable teeth. Forced back to her childhood home, there is little in the way of comfort. Her mum is dating a younger man (a dentist, no less) and is talking of selling the house, her sister, Lana, is furious all the time, and a distant cousin has now arrived from the States to stay with them.

During a long, hot Edinburgh summer, Ellis’s world spins out of control. She’s dogged by toothache, her ex won’t compensate her for the flat and somehow she’s found herself stalking his new lover on Facebook.

Will Ellis realise before it’s too late that the bite she was born with is worth preserving?

'There's a huge emotional punch packed into this deceptively light novel' - Sally Morris, Daily Mail

For fans of Sally Rooney, Meg Mason and Marian Keyes.

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'There's a huge emotional punch packed into this deceptively light novel ... May's darkly funny take on vulnerability, responsibility and complicated relationships promises more to come'

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'An agreeably light novel which is also a serious examination of human relationships ... it treats the everyday world of common experience as serious matter for fiction. This is refreshingly unusual today'

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'Compulsively readable, darkly funny... May has a keen eye for the manifestation of emotional complexity in all human interaction and a talent for dramatising it.'

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'Weak Teeth marks the debut of an individual and original new voice in Scottish writing, a book which leaves you wanting more'

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'Comparing a story to toothache might not seem like a compliment, but for this debut coming-of-age novel about finding yourself after heartbreak, it really is'

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'The most striking debut of the year, an original and new voice in Scottish writing, a book that leaves you wanting more'

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'Lynsey May’s debut Weak Teeth comes with a bite that belies its title'

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'Explores themes of grief, family and mental illness with lightness of touch and plenty of warmth'

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'There are some books, some characters whose company is pure happiness. I’m thinking of Diary of a Bookseller, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, The Rosie Project, and this. The characters are endearing, the outlook is positive, the humour dry. All good stuff. Enjoyed every second'

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'an enjoyable and thought-provoking novel that can be read at different levels depending on your preferred approach'

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'a sharp, witty and warm read'

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'an excellent debut... an emotional, darkly humorous tale of a world spinning out of control'