Smith, 34, who grew up in working-class northwest with her English father and Jamaican-born mother, gained international acclaim with her debut novel “White Teeth” at just 25.

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In “Changing My Mind,” Smith trains her nimble mind on a wide variety of topics including personal reflections (she offers a poignant remembrance of her father’s death); political observations (take Donald Rumsfeld, please!); and the profundities of everyday life. In between there are odes to Greta Garbo and Zora Neale Hurston; a hilarious trip to the Oscars, and a heartbreaking trek to Liberia.

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