Milk Fed

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Melissa Broder's novel "Milk Fed" is a funny, erotic, and imaginative story about food, sex, and god, exploring themes of self-discovery and desire. It has received critical acclai m, with comparisons to the works of Carmen Maria Machado and Rachel Cusk. Format: Hardback Length: 304 pages Publication date: 04 March 2021 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Scathingly Funny, Wildly Erotic, and Fiercely Imaginative Story About Food, Sex, and God from the Women's Prize Longlisted Author of "The Pisces"Melissa Broder's "Milk Fed" is a scathingly funny, wildly erotic, and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex, and god. It has been highlighted by The Week, Red, and The Times, and is a Women's Prize longlisted author. The story follows Rachel, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion, and Miriam, a young Orthodox Jewish woman intent upon feeding her. Rachel is suddenly and powerfully entranced by Miriam, and as the two grow closer, Rachel embarks on a journey marked by mirrors, mysticism, mothers, milk, and honey. Broder pairs superlative emotional insight with unabashed vivid fantasy to tell a tale of appetites: of physical hunger, of sexual desire, of spiritual longing. Milk Fed is a tender and riotously funny meditation on love, certitude, and the question of what we are all being fed, from one of our major writers on the psyche – both sacred and profane. Weight: 438g Dimension: 144 x 223 x 32 (mm) ISBN-13: 9781408897096 Show more