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Milk Fed
Milk Fed: A Novel | Melissa Broder
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Milk Fed is a novel of appetites; a luscious, heartbreaking story of self-discovery through the relentless pursuit of desire. I couldnt get enough of this devastating and extremely sexy book. Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House A scathingly funny, wildly erotic, and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex, and god from the acclaimed author of The Pisces and So Sad Today. Rachel 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 subsistinguntil her therapist encourages her to take a ninety-day communication detox from her mother, who raised her in the tradition of calorie counting. Early 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 Miriamby her sundaes and her body, her faith and her familyand 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, 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. 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 psycheboth sacred and profane.
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guidosophia
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I was so excited to read this book bc mother issues AND food issues?????? Who can relate to that if not me?? Based on all the quotes that i related to from this book, I would say that the mother issue portion definitely spoke to me. The food issue portion also felt like it had been written by me. I wasn‘t expecting so much sex so if you‘re a prude like me beware.

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guidosophia
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“Still, I carried her inside me: her voice, her feelings, her fears, her ideas of food, bodies, the world, women and men. She had long ago implanted herself in me at the cellular level, spread into my organs- my brain, my heart- until what was hers and what was mine were indistinguishable.”- 206
“My mother had helped me build the vault. But now it was my own.”- 207

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guidosophia
Milk Fed: A Novel | Melissa Broder

“Sometimes it seemed impossible that she had ever given birth to me at all. Other times, it made perfect sense that I had lived inside her for so long. It explained why she could only see me as an extension of herself”- pg 206

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slategreyskies
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This book is really tough to review. I think it‘s a Marmite book, in that a reader will either really like it or really not. I‘m in the really like it category. I saw a lot of myself in this book, especially when it came to the main character‘s relationship with her dysfunctional mother and also her (the MC‘s) eating disorder. I know I‘ll remember this book for a long time. Content warnings for eating disorders and explicit sex.

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slategreyskies
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“It didn‘t matter where I lived—Mid-City, Mid-Wilshire, or Miracle Mile.” #FirstLineFridays 💙

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Shaaaannnn
Milk Fed: A Novel | Melissa Broder

She was an infinite planet with so many different territories on which to set up camp and play. If I had eons, I‘d still never finish exploring her.

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Shaaaannnn
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Initially, (first 50 pages or so) I found this book disturbing. But once it kicked in to gear, I actually adored it. A little odd, but it also strangely made perfect sense. And superb writing might I add! I feel like there is much more to say, but I think you should just read it!

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vlwelser
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This was a really good #audiobook read by the author. Still trying to pick off some of my older things in my library account. But this one may lead me to add some of her other titles so not exactly a net positive situation.

Cinfhen This was so strange but in a good way!!! I laughed and cried 1y
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MsLeah8417
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Panpan

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thewallflower0707
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Today, a friend and I went to a climbing park in the woods and I really pushed myself through it 🙌. I‘m proud of myself and my arms hurt. In the morning and afternoon, I read #MilkFed, which I really enjoyed. The main character is complicated. After years of starving, she finally finds herself & her sexual drive through food.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️,5/5

#novel #fiction #melissabroder

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MicheleinPhilly
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I‘ve borrowed this from the library like 3 times and have always returned it unread. I was perusing the “available now” section of Overdrive and thought “Why not?” This is one of those quirky, eccentric reads that either hits in just the right spots or fails spectacularly. For me it was the former. Even though I read it several weeks ago, I‘m still thinking about Miriam and Rachel. Massive CW for eating disorders.

TrishB You‘re getting back into it ♥️ 2y
MicheleinPhilly @TrishB Baby steps all around in this house. 😉 2y
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andioop
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I have some issues with this book but overall I really really liked it. It is a little too graphic for my taste but Rachel is an amazingly realistic narrator, to me, I related to the things she said a lot (too much).

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Megabooks
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A bit smutty, but there is a lot to unpack about sexual fantasies and weight in this novel. Rachel is skinny wants to stay that way. When zaftig Miriam starts working working at her fro-yo spot, Rachel becomes obsessed. She fetishizes Miriam‘s weight and projects onto her a lack of inhibition that she is determined to take as her own. She sees Miriam as her opposite and not truly a real person. Brings up interesting questions about diet culture ⬇️

Megabooks ⬆️ sexual orientation/queerness, and lust. I‘m glad I got around to this @Cinfhen and @britt_brooke because it makes important points, but I‘m not sure I actually liked it! (edited) 2y
Cinfhen Exactly!! But it‘s stayed with me / and that says something about the author‘s ability 2y
Cinfhen Great review!! This is a hard book to describe- review 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks! Her book of essays stayed with me for awhile. I don‘t think this is one I‘ll think of years from now, but I‘ll probably turn it over I‘m my mind a bit. 👍🏻 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen and I think there‘s so much more to books than like or dislike. It made me think for sure. 2y
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ManyWordsLater
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Only lasted 45 pages. Decided I didn‘t care enough about the main character to follow her on her journey.

That‘s a legitimate reason to bail, right?

Megabooks Yup 2y
Ruthiella Totally legit! 2y
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JGadz11
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library haul.✨

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squirrelbrain
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Well, that was 😳😮😋!

I hadn‘t read Broder‘s previous novel so didn‘t really know what to expect. What I got was a lot about food, a lot of explicit sex and a lot of enjoyment from this book!

Rachel has body and eating issues, from her Jewish mother. She becomes entranced with Miriam, who loves food and has a loving family but isn‘t allowed to have a relationship with a girl.

I sped through this in almost one sitting - weird but wonderful!

Branwen I felt the same way about it! Weird yet wonderful! 3y
BarbaraBB That‘s how I felt about 3y
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rachaich
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It's been a while since I binge read a book... Really resonated with me, made me consider my choices, my needs, my lack of self worth...
Bloomin good writing as well as characters and story.

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rachaich
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This is goooood. Really insightful and a good perspective. But hugely triggering...

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sprainedbrain
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I finished this up while doing some #audiojamming. I was dealing with some major calories while listening to Rachel obsess about calories.

As I did The Pisces, I loved Milk Fed: it‘s less weird, as graphic (but less gross), with another complicated main character dealing with major issues, and the writing is absolutely brilliant. I laughed, I cringed, I felt sad for Rachel... not sure what Broder is writing next, but I‘m here for it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Tamra A thing of beauty! 3y
janeycanuck Looks perfect! Also, I love that you made jam while listening to this. What an excellent idea! 3y
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Maureen
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“It didn‘t matter where I lived — Mid-City, Mid-Wilshire or Miracle Mile. It didn‘t matter where I worked; one Hollywood bullshit factory was equal to any other. All that mattered was what I ate, when I ate , and how I ate it.”

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
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Not for everyone, but I found this book insightful. It‘s difficult with regard to subject matter, and sometimes painful to read. The author is candid. My heart broke a lot reading this, but I was receptive to the pain of the main character, even though it was outside my own experience.
⚠️ Eating disorders, explicit sex

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TheNerdyProfessor
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On the surface, this book is about sex and food. But if you dig deeper, it's about identity and the facade we often put on to please others. What happens if we peel back our layers and allow our true selves to shine? You might lose some people along the way, but chances are you'll gain so much more. This is what Milk Fed is about. Funny, pointed, and timely. The language and sex scenes might not be for everyone, but the story was really good.

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TheNerdyProfessor
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Halfway through this book and loving it. Rachel is a young Jewish woman who decides to take a 90 hiatus day from her mother. She also struggles with body image and follows a strict daily regimen for eating. Then one day, her whole life is changed when she meets Miriam at the local froyo shop. This book made me laugh out loud several times. I can't wait to see where it goes. Just what I needed to get out of a slump. Sexual and explicit language.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This sounds fun! 3y
yourfavouritemixtape This sounds like exactly what I need right now! 3y
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britt_brooke
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April was full of yellow! 💛 Lots of worthwhile reads with Milk Fed being my overall favorite - and one of my top reads of the year so far! April inadvertently became the #MonthofJennyLawson as her new book prompted me to #reread her older ones, and got my buds @Cinfhen and @Megabooks doing the same! 😚

#aprilreads #aprilwrapup

Megabooks 🎉🤗🤗 3y
Gissy Awesome! 📚📚📚👏👏👏👏 3y
britt_brooke @Gissy Thanks, sweet friend! 3y
Cinfhen This collage is STUNNING 🤩 💛💚💛❣️❣️❣️❣️what a wonderful month 3y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thank you! 🥰 3y
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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank the gods this is not totally oversaturated with bodily functions like The Pisces. Rachel - “a very, very bad Jew” - is stuck in a dangerous self-shame spiral until one day she begrudgingly relinquishes some control. With bits of symbolism, mysticism, and intimacy, Rachel‘s true self surfaces. At the root, this is a story about the desire for every kind of love. Broder nailed it. One of my tops of 2021!

Cinfhen Oh wow!! Didn‘t see that coming 😜I ended up liking the audio but not as much as you. Her narration was hilarious 😂 (edited) 3y
Megabooks I didn‘t see this coming either @Cinfhen , but Britt is full of surprises!! 😁 3y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen @Megabooks It completely surprised me, too! 😂 I went in with fairly low hopes. I think it just hit me at exactly the right time. 3y
BarbaraBB I suddenly want to read it too! 3y
britt_brooke @BarbaraBB 🤗 When you do, I want to know what you think! 3y
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britt_brooke
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🎧🐾 Started the tagged book while walking this goof early this morning. I like it so far, but I also liked The Pisces at first. We‘ll see how it goes, @Cinfhen !

#audiowalk #dogsoflitsy

Erinreadsthebooks 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 3y
Cinfhen Sweet boy!!!! I LOVED the beginning too....so let‘s see how you feel in a few hours from now 😉 3y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen 😬🤞🏻 And thank you, he‘s my bud. He wild as shit sometimes, but such a good boy. 3y
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Kappadeemom He is so handsome!!❤️❤️ 3y
britt_brooke @Kappadeemom Thanks! 💚🐾 He‘s a good boy. 3y
Tera66 Beautiful puppy dog! 3y
britt_brooke @Tera66 Thank you! 💚🐾 3y
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Cinfhen
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I honestly don‘t know how to review this one. It‘s strange, weird, erotic, uncomfortable, funny, cringy, Jewish, mystical, provocative, contemplative, complicated, imaginative, and perhaps gratuitous. Feel free to add other adjectives below, if you‘ve read this one. I enjoyed the author‘s narration on audio- not sure I would have managed in print. Definitely not for everyone, especially if you‘ve struggled with an eating disorder.

Cinfhen Thanks @britt_brooke for putting this back on my #ReadersRadar 3y
Crazeedi A lot of adjectives for one little book! 😉 3y
Cinfhen Hahah @Crazeedi TRUTH!!! 3y
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britt_brooke Love this review! 😂 My hold is 3 weeks out. (edited) 3y
Cinfhen I‘ll be curious to see what adjectives you‘ll add @britt_brooke 😆😉 3y
BarbaraBB Your review intrigues me! 3y
Cinfhen I hesitate to recommend this book @BarbaraBB BUT I do think you might be entertained and maybe engaged by the oddness ( not odd like Bunny) it‘s just a lot of sexual innuendos and eroticism 3y
BarbaraBB I might indeed. I did like Pisces much more than I expected! 3y
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Cinfhen
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I had bailed on this a few weeks back, even though I had loved the first 1/3. @britt_brooke gave me the push to go back to the audio. Good call, Britt. I adjusted my lens, like you suggested and now I‘m back to enjoying this weird, imaginative, uncomfortable novel.

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akfreeborn
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Panpan

I liked the start of this one but found it became a different book after that, one that was a little over the top and grating. The protagonist became a bit unrelatable. Maybe the author was trying to do too much here- lots of themes that maybe didn‘t come together for me.

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singsweetseraphim
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I keep trying to enjoy books by Melissa Broder, but the raw intensity that draws people inevitably pushes me away. The sexual situations grate on me after a while, and there‘s only so many times a beautifully written passage is thrown sideways with the inclusion of p**** or c***. I don‘t know, I‘ve read this and The Pieces, and I think she‘s just not for me. I‘m not for her shock value style of writing.

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Mdion1993
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An exploration of sexuality, religion, and womanhood, MF is the story of a young Jewish woman who decides to cut off contact with her toxic mother, only to find herself projecting her ideal of femininity onto the other women in her life. Using the metaphor of the Jewish golem, MF considers how identity is malleable, but so is our perception of others. What does it mean to love something, but find out that it does not exist in the way we thought?

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Cinfhen
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I can‘t anymore!!! Less than an hour left on audio and I‘m bailing....good call to skip @Megabooks I‘ll be curious to hear your thoughts if you guys DO try book/audio @KarenUK @MicheleinPhilly @britt_brooke @Kalalalatja @Reviewsbylola I‘m disappointed because I was REALLY enjoying the first half....I‘m on an #audiowalk but looks like a storm is brewing ⚡️🌪

Megabooks Sorry you invested so much in a book you ultimately didn‘t finish. Try to stay dry!! 3y
britt_brooke Oh no! I couldn‘t bail so close to the end. That‘s hurts my brain. 😂 I have it on hold so I‘ll give it a try when it becomes available. 3y
Bookzombie @britt_brooke That hurts my brain too! 3y
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Hooked_on_books After how awful I found The Pisces, I‘m not willing to try her again. I find her deliberately provocative in a way that doesn‘t work for me. 3y
Reviewsbylola I have considered buying this one before but a gut feeling always talks me out of it. You‘ve just confirmed it for me. 😂 3y
Cinfhen Yessss, that‘s exactly how to describe this book “deliberately provocative” @Hooked_on_books and it really became too much for me to bare 3y
TrishB If you can‘t finish, you can‘t finish 👍🏻 3y
Kalalalatja That‘s too bad! I can‘t even remember why I stacked this, but I‘m not rushing to read it.. 3y
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Cinfhen
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“Well this was getting weirder by the moment”
Ummm, exactly!!! I was really down for this audiobook but it‘s entered crazy-town. I still think I like it, but the word vagina, bush, clit and wet have been used at least 9 dozen times and the analogies of evergreens, palm trees and bulls are whack!!

TrishB I‘m just enjoying the puppy 🐶♥️book sounds bonkers! 3y
Cinfhen Puppy Herzl is soooo sweet @TrishB ❣️❣️❣️❣️ book really is bonkers 3y
susanw It‘s definitely a little out there, overall I think I liked it but would maybe have a hard time actually recommending it to people 3y
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Cinfhen I‘m thinking of bailing @susanw it‘s just getting to be Too Much....and I‘m at 70% 3y
susanw I‘m all for bailing if you‘re not enjoying, no matter how far into the book you are. Too much to read to waste time on something not holding you. 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Stacking because I haven't hated myself yet today. 😂 And hello puppy Herzl!😍🤗 3y
Cinfhen PLEASE lmk if you pick this up @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I did bail but maybe I‘ll revisit @susanw because I‘m still thinking about Rachel & Miriam 😉 3y
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Cinfhen
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OMG!!! My #VacationBrain is LOVING this audiobook ❤️🎧It‘s soooo good 😌 I think this might be your jam too @britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola @KarenUK @Kalalalatja I can‘t decide if you‘re gonna love it or hate it @Megabooks but MAJOR TW **Eating Disorder** and toxic mother/ daughter relationship 🙄I love my mom BUT a lot of this book is TALKING to me 😬

britt_brooke Ooh, thanks!! #stacked 3y
Megabooks I really don‘t like Melissa‘s writing, but I‘m glad you‘re enjoying it! (edited) 3y
Cinfhen I wasn‘t sure if she‘s too snarky for you @Megabooks but I definitely think you‘d appreciate the sarcasm @britt_brooke 3y
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KarenUK I own this one! Moving it up the list (you know me so well!) 💕 3y
MicheleinPhilly I put this on hold ages ago and just got a notice that it available. BUT I haven‘t been clicking with library books lately so I‘ve pushed it back a few weeks. 3y
Megabooks For me it‘s also skinny people complaining about being fat. That drives me bananas. Any book with that is an automatic pass. 3y
Cinfhen Yeah, I totally hear you @Megabooks but almost all women have an unhealthy relationship to food & weight. It‘s quite sad 😔 it‘s really a shame 3y
Cinfhen I‘m not sure how you‘ll feel about this book @MicheleinPhilly I‘m only on chapter 8 or 9 so it‘s still early stages.... 3y
Megabooks It truly is. It‘s not that I don‘t feel bad that most thin women have difficult relationships food and weight; it‘s just that fat women have a different set of ones. I‘ve been everything from an Abercrombie 0 to a Torrid 20, so it‘s just not anything I want to read about for fun. My eating was so much more disordered from size 0-6 than it is now, but I was more accepted by society. Maybe that‘s why I don‘t think it‘s fun to read. 🤔 3y
Redwritinghood I finished the print version of this one yesterday. Really liked it. 3y
Cinfhen Oh that‘s great to hear @Redwritinghood !!! We generally match up with our reading preferences 🥰 3y
TrishB Glad you found something entertaining 👍🏻 3y
Megabooks Sent you an email. 💕 3y
Kalalalatja Stacked! I‘m always here for a book exploring mother/daughter relationships 👍 3y
Centique @Megabooks I hear you Meg. The shaming that goes with it is a whole other burden to carry. 💕 3y
Centique @Cinfhen I was just listening to a Book Cougars podcast today where they talked about this book. I was fascinated about the idea of an orthodox background dealing with a gay relationship? But it may be too snarky for me too. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Will see how your review pans out! 😘 3y
Cinfhen I only have another hour + left @Centique but I think I‘m about to bail.... book just got too strange for me. All of these sexual innuendos and obsessive food/calorie counts is becoming too much 🤨too bad, because I think she‘s a good writer 3y
Centique @Cinfhen sounds like it would be too much for me as well. If you come across any good books about orthodox religion and coming out stories let me know 😘 3y
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Redwritinghood
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I often find Broder‘s books as unnerving as they are refreshing in their realness. This one is about the complicated pull between desire and self-discipline. It‘s also about food and sex - a lot of food and a lot of sex. Throw in some religious doubt and some mother/daughter relationship problems and you have one really messed up character. I loved it. 4⭐️

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Jen2
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I loved this book so much!!!!

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Chelsea.Poole
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Wow! this one is full of food and sex and complicated relationships. Also, complicated relationships with food and sex. And the most complicated relationship is with the MC‘s Jewish mother who actually may have instilled the complicated relationships with food and sex. Does this make sense? Expectations vs desires - coming to terms with how we‘d like to live our own lives versus how we/others think we “should”. Milk Fed is a firecracker 🧨

Moray_Reads Sounds great! 3y
mandarchy My dinos say hello to your dino. 3y
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Branwen
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Up next! 😸💕📚 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #chaplin

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TheNerdyProfessor
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Book mail is the best kind of mail 😍

Aims42 Love it!! 💌 3y
Ruthiella Word! ❤️ 3y
Tamra Yes it is! 3y
Megabooks For sure! 3y
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centralcalisam
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Personally I liked how quick pace the story flowed. There were many themes all at once and if I‘d have to critique something it would be that. Broder could have spent a bit more time elaborating on each theme. Overall though I loved the characters and the story was new yet not, if that makes any sense.

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ReadingEnvy
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I'm still trying to gather my thoughts on this book. First of all, if you have any sensitivity around eating disorders, this is not the book for you. Just don't do it.

The novel starts with Rachel, who has controlled every calorie in her life to where that's all her life is. Her therapist is trying to help her see the connection between this control and the relationship with her mother but she doesn't want to see it....↘️ (So much more to say)

ReadingEnvy Rachel is also Jewish and befriends Miriam, an Orthodox Jew who works at the froyo place. It goes far past friendship (and it all starts with Miriam insisting on giving Rachel a topping, a yogurt topping, it is really hard to talk about this book without a lot of accidental double entendre.)↘️ 3y
ReadingEnvy There is a lot about choice and control, identity and happiness. Much of it is explicit from the obsessive calorie counting to the 24 hr food binges to the surprisingly detailed sexual encounters. But I struggled because Rachel treats others the way she treats her own body, and I really feel if the narrator were male we would be calling the novel "problematic" with "consent." Some of it comes from dreams where magical Rabbis tell her what to do↘️ 3y
ReadingEnvy The last novel I read by this author, The Pisces, had some weird and wonderful moments, but in a similar way the narrator truly lacks the ability to see beyond what she wants to how her actions effect others. 3y
ReadingEnvy Rachel even does things people have specifically asked her not to do. I couldn't tell if this is selfishness, a lack of empathy, recklessness, a little of all of it maybe. The whole point, and the author is making one, is about how or why a person figures out how to care for him or herself. But it's not an easy road. 3y
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Lauren.Archer
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I love Melissa Broder so much, her follow-up to her debut is fantastic and does not disappoint.

http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2021/02/03/milk-fed-book-review/

Ruthiella Good to know! I liked The Pisces. 😀 3y
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Rhondareads
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Time to take a break from the awful news& read Milk Fed a novel that‘s been getting rave reviews set in my hometown New York 💕Thanks @ScribnerBooks

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Well-ReadNeck
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Rachel has eating issues in part due to her mother‘s constant body shaming. She meets a new friend who brings her into her home where her mother welcomes Rachel with the comfort of food. A wonderful novel about friends, lovers, mothers and daughters. #ARC #Edelweiss

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Bookalong
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A story about desire, body image, mothers and food. I liked Rachel's character, she was very deep and raw and troubled. I truly enjoyed her journey, I think parts of her character will be incredibly relatable and relevant to readers. I definitely recommend this book. I couldn't put it down! Broder's writes with unabashed honesty, vulnerability and vivid sexuality, and definitely has a strange sense of humor. #bookreview

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LMJenkins
Milk Fed: A Novel | Melissa Broder
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The October bookseller newsletter from @SimonSchuster has sooooo many enticing ARCs available. I‘m going to have to buckle down! #ARC