Land of Milk and Honey

<b>A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world, from the award-winning author of <i>How Much of These Hills Is Gold</i> <br><br>NATIONAL BESTSELLER * FINALIST FOR THE NYPL YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD<br><br>NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY <i>THE NEW YORK TIMES</i>, NPR, <i>HARPER''S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY</i>, <i>KIRKUS REVIEWS</i>, <i>ESQUIRE, </i>ELECTRIC LITERATURE, AND <i>SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN<br></i><br>“One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year… fiendishly, deliciously fun."—<i>San Francisco Chronicle<br><br></i>"A profound exploration of human nature, the allure of pleasure and the choices we make in the face of adversity.”—NPR, "Books We Love"<br></b><br>A 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.<br><br>There, 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.<br><br>In 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.<br><br>Sensuous and surprising, joyous and bitingly sharp, told in language as alluring as it is original, <i>Land of Milk and Honey</i> 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.