Ask a Bookseller: 'Milk Fed,' a novel about self-discovery — and frozen yogurt

This week’s recommendation comes from Montpelier, Vt., where Claire Benedict is co-owner of Bear Pond Books. Benedict says she devoured the novel “Milk Fed” by Melissa Broder — an appropriate description for a novel that is about appetites and what sustains us — also, lots of frozen yogurt.

“Milk Fed” by Melissa Broder
Courtesy of Simon & Schuster

Rachel is a food-obsessed calorie-counter living in LA until she meets the clerk at the local frozen yogurt store, who tempts her with a bit of a topping on her daily fat-free frozen yogurt. Rachel falls in love with both the female clerk and with eating.

What follows is funny, honest and erotic, Benedict says, as it explores all the factors in Rachel’s life: “food, love, sex, spirituality, mother’s approval—what is it that feeds our souls?”

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Ask a Bookseller: 'Milk Fed,' a novel about self-discovery — and frozen yogurt

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