{"product_id":"land-of-milk-and-honey","title":"Land of Milk and Honey","description":"\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Carol Shields Prize\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND MORE!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year... fiendishly, deliciously fun.\"--San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A profound exploration of human nature, the allure of pleasure and the choices we make in the face of adversity.\"--NPR, \"Books We Love\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's rare to read anything that feels this unique.\" -GABRIELLE ZEVIN, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Land of Milk and Honey is truly exceptional.\"-ROXANE GAY, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Asharp, sensual piece of art.\"-RAVEN LEILANI, New York Times bestselling author of Luster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chef's boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSensuous and surprising, joyous and bitingly sharp, told in language as alluring as it is original, Land of Milk and Honey lays provocatively bare the ethics of seeking pleasure in a dying world. It is a daringly imaginative exploration of desire and deception, privilege and faith, and the roles we play to survive. Most of all, it is a love letter to food, to wild delight, and to the transformative power of a woman embracing her own appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C Pam Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43986419351615,"sku":"9780593538241","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/4566\/6623\/files\/9780593538241.jpg?v=1790436837","url":"https:\/\/thebookshopwp.com\/products\/land-of-milk-and-honey","provider":"The Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}