Hot milk
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Hot milk (2016)

Deborah Levy

Others: Mixed

"I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remember. If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, is her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the villain and who is the victim?" Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother's unexplainable illness. She is frustrated with Rose and her constant complaints, but utterly relieved to be called to abandon her own disappointing fledgling adult life. She and her mother travel to the searing, arid coast of southern Spain to see a famous consultant -- their very last chance -- in the hope that he might cure her unpredictable limb paralysis. But Dr. Gomez has strange methods that seem to have little to do with physical medicine, and as the treatment progresses, Sofia's mother's illness becomes increasingly baffling. Sophia's role as detective -- tracking her mother's symptoms in an attempt to find the secret motivation for her pain -- deepens as she discovers her own desires in this transient desert community.

ISBN:
9781410493828
Length:
224 pages

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Reviews1

Lauren Wade
Mixed

Hot Milk felt like a very bad Almodovar film, like it was like they were both trying to be a little bit interesting, a little bit off-beat, but there was just no, there was nothing there and they both came out very flat for me when I read it.