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Milk Fed
- Narrated by: Melissa Broder
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Milk Fed
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents Milk Fed written and read by Melissa Broder.
A scathingly funny, wildly erotic and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex and god from the Women's Prize longlisted author of The Pisces
A STYLIST, INDEPENDENT, THE WEEK AND RED HIGHLIGHT FOR 2021
'Sexy and fun and a little weird ... This riot of carnal pleasure will make you laugh as well as gasp' The Times
'A revelation ... Melissa Broder has produced one of the strangest and sexiest novels of the new year ... Exhilarating' Entertainment Weekly
'A luscious, heartbreaking story of self-discovery through the relentless pursuit of desire. I couldn’t get enough of this devastating and extremely sexy book' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties
Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of control by way of obsessive food rituals. At night, she pedals nowhere on the elliptical machine.
Then Rachel meets Miriam, a young Orthodox Jewish woman 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.
Pairing superlative emotional insight with unabashed vivid fantasy, Melissa Broder tells 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.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-11-2023
Exquisite
Incredible, descriptive and at times confronting. Descriptions of food, sex and sometimes both delighted me from beginning to end
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- Liz
- 20-06-2024
Poetry of Desire
Poetic and tender descriptions of desire, passion and food. The novel finds desire and passion everywhere, in observant Jewish families as much as a young Jewish agnostic LA city-dweller. Often laugh out loud funny and deeply moving. Slightly slow (and brave) start to the novel graphically describes an eating disorder. For a time it was hard to keep going, but it's well worth it.
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- Amiatu
- 16-05-2021
Author reading their own audiobook?
Authors reading their own audiobook is rarely a good idea, and this is no exception. It could have been elevated by a professional but ended up landing flat.
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- Taylah
- 07-08-2024
I don’t know why I took so long to listen to this
This story is actually amazing. I bought this months ago and got distracted with other books. Finally started this the other day and I don’t know why I took so long. I didn’t realise how much I needed this book.
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