Breaking Milk
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Heloise Press
Published:19th Mar '24
Should be back in stock very soon
Set on a farm in the Eastern Cape, and taking place over one day, the novel is a wrought meditation on motherhood and our destructive relationship to the Earth. A former geneticist, Kate is now an award-winning maker of organic cheese. She relies on the farm's routine to hold steady as her day teeters on a knife's edge: her estranged daughter is in London, waiting for her conjoined twins to survive surgery, while keeping her own mother away. Meanwhile, Kate's employee Nosisi's son is undergoing initiation. Forbidden to have contact with him during this traditional passage into the world of manhood, she anxiously awaits his return.
There is a lot in this slim book - art and science, family and culture, the workings of the heart and of the body" Kate Sidley, Sunday Times South Africa; Breaking Milk is a brave, engrossing and troubling dive into psychology, motherhood, and the injustices that bind and separate us. This haunting story will bring readers face to face with their own fears and desires. Riveting and powerful. Ann Morgan, author of Reading the World; A tenderly told and unforgettable novel weaving together the lives of two South African women, Kate and Nosisi, as they confront grief and loss, yet find reasons to look forward to tomorrow. Unfolding across a single day, Breaking Milk is a deeply involving, unstoppable read. Elleke Boehmer
- Short-listed for Sunday Times South Africa / CNA Literary Awards 2021
ISBN: 9781739751586
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