{"product_id":"milk-fed-9781982142490","title":"Milk Fed","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eVogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003eEsquire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most-Anticipated Selection by \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e Refinery29\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e BuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e O, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e The Millions \u003c\/i\u003e*\u003ci\u003e Literary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e The Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA scathingly funny, wildly erotic, and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex, and god from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pisces \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSo Sad Today\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of existential control, by way of obsessive food rituals, while working as an underling at a Los Angeles talent management agency. At night, she pedals nowhere on the elliptical machine. Rachel is content to carry on subsisting--until her therapist encourages her to take a ninety-day communication detox from her mother, who raised her in the tradition of calorie counting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly in the detox, Rachel meets Miriam, a zaftig young Orthodox Jewish woman who works at her favorite frozen yogurt shop and is intent upon feeding her. Rachel is suddenly and powerfully entranced by Miriam--by her sundaes and her body, her faith and her family--and as the two grow closer, Rachel embarks on a journey marked by mirrors, mysticism, mothers, milk, and honey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePairing superlative emotional insight with unabashed vivid fantasy, Broder tells a tale of appetites: physical hunger, sexual desire, spiritual longing, and the ways that we as humans can compartmentalize these so often interdependent instincts. \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelissa Broder is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Pisces\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, the essay collection \u003ci\u003eSo Sad Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and five poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eSuperdoom\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e New York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles. Follow her on Twitter @SoSadToday and @MelissaBroder and Instagram @RealMelissaBroder.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634972168466,"sku":"9781982142490","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_761800bc-64e2-463d-8b18-1e15a1680437.jpg?v=1732826620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/milk-fed-9781982142490","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}