{"product_id":"milk-fed-9781982142506","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\u003eThis darkly hilarious and \"delicious new novel that ravishes with sex and food\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pisces \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSo Sad Today\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"precise blend of desire, discomfort, spirituality, and existential ache\" (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\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, through 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\u003eRachel soon 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\u003e\"A ruthless, laugh-out-loud examination of life under the tyranny of diet culture\" (\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e) Broder tells a tale of appetites: physical hunger, sexual desire, spiritual longing, and the ways that we compartmentalize these so often interdependent instincts. \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed \u003c\/i\u003eis \"riotously funny and perfectly profane\" (\u003ci\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/i\u003e) from \"a wild, wicked mind\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\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":50578869158162,"sku":"9781982142506","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a7835660-b02d-4519-a551-7f17212a66fe.jpg?v=1732000812","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/milk-fed-9781982142506","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}