{"product_id":"land-of-milk-and-honey","title":"Land of Milk and Honey","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__overview-column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * FINALIST FOR THE NYPL YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003c\/b\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__overview-column\"\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"1889 Trading Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54507916001598,"sku":"CCMGIFT_1126","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/8709\/7918\/files\/81mIupf3PaL._UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1790273589","url":"https:\/\/1889tradingco.ca\/products\/land-of-milk-and-honey","provider":"1889 Trading Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}