Breaking Milk

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Set on a farm in the Eastern Cape, and taking place over one day, thenovel is a wrought meditation on motherhood and our destructive relationship tothe Earth.A former geneticist, Kate is now an award-winning maker of organic cheese. Sherelies on the farm's routine to hold steady as her day teeters on a knife's edge: herestranged daughter is in London, waiting for her conjoined twins to survivesurgery, while keeping her own mother away. Meanwhile, Kate's employee Nosisi'sson is undergoing initiation. Forbidden to have contact with him during thistraditional passage into the world of manhood, she anxiously awaits his return.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-03-19
Mått198 x 130 x 22 mm
Vikt288 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagHeloise Press
ISBN9781739751586
UtmärkelserShort-listed for Sunday Times South Africa / CNA Literary Awards 2021

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Dawn Garisch is an author and medical doctor. She isfounding member of the Life Righting Collective. She has published seven novels,two collections of poetry, short stories, a non-fiction work and a memoir. She hasproduced five plays and a short film, and has written for television. Her poem'Blood Delta' won the DALRO prize (2007); 'Trespass' was shortlisted for theCommonwealth Prize in Africa (2010); 'Miracle' won the EU Sol PlaatjePoetry Award (2011); and 'What to Do About Ricky' won theShort.Sharp.Stories competition (2013). Her novel Accident was longlisted for theBarry Ronge Sunday Times Fiction Award (2018). In 2023 she published herfirst collection of short stories What Remains.

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