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鈥淚n the end, your past is not my past, and your truth is not my truth and your solution 鈥� is not my solution.鈥� 鈥� 鈥淲hite Teeth,鈥� Zadie Smith

Twenty-five years ago, Zadie Smith鈥檚 debut book, 鈥淲hite Teeth,鈥� was published. Critics and readers fell in love with the story and the very young Smith. It鈥檚 a textured story that takes on big themes such as gender, faith, race, history and culture.

The story follows the very different paths of two friends 鈥� Samad Iqbal, a Bengali Muslim, and Archie Jones 鈥� who met as soldiers during World War II. When the war ended, Samad and Archie remained friends and neighbors, marrying their spouses and having children.

The story focuses on how they both want their children, who are being raised in a culture that is changing and becoming more progressive, to keep traditional values. Samad is a very traditional Muslim 鈥� at least in his heart, not his actions. Since he can鈥檛 be a perfect Muslim man, he tries to control his own sons and force those traditional beliefs on them.

As his boys and Archie鈥檚 daughter start to grow up, they have their own ideas of how they want to live their lives, and (as usual) they鈥檙e not on the path their parents want them to be on. While following the lives of these families and understanding the cultural pulls of changing times, Smith writes with a sharp humor that takes center stage.

This is the second time I鈥檝e read this fantastic book. Not only is it a great story, I can鈥檛 help but be so impressed that Smith started writing this at the age of 19. It was published when she was 25 years old. Smith is wise beyond her years.

In celebration of 鈥淲hite Teeth鈥檚鈥� 25-year anniversary, give this book a read.

鈥淥ur children will be born of our actions. Our accidents will become their destinies. Oh, the actions will remain. It is a simple matter of what you will do when the chips are down, my friend. When the fat lady is singing. When the walls are falling in, and the sky is dark, and the ground is rumbling. In that moment our actions will define us. And it makes no difference whether you are being watched by Allah, Jesus, Buddha, or whether you are not. On cold days a man can see his breath, on a hot day he can鈥檛. On both occasions, the man breathes.鈥�

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