{"product_id":"land-of-milk-and-honey","title":"Land of Milk and Honey","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eHow Much of These Hills Is Gold\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * FINALIST FOR THE NYPL YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE, \u003c\/i\u003eELECTRIC LITERATURE, AND \u003ci\u003eSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year... fiendishly, deliciously fun.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSensuous and surprising, joyous and bitingly sharp, told in language as alluring as it is original, \u003ci\u003eLand of Milk and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515362586873,"sku":"9780593538258","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_159bb2cb-1a3a-4338-aaf9-66ee2991218f.jpg?v=1781207635","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/land-of-milk-and-honey","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}