Breaking Milk
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- Paperback published on 19/03/2024
- Page count: 264 pages
- ISBN: 9781739751586
Synopsis
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.
About the author
Dawn Garisch is a doctor who writes, a poet who walks, a researcher whodances. She lives in Cape Town near the mountain and the sea and has twogrown sons. Her last novel, Trespass, was nominated for the Commonwealth Prize in Africa.
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