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&ldquo\;Land of Milk and Honey&rdquo\; by C. Pam Zhang.
\n&ld quo\;A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escape s her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountainto p colony seemingly free of the world&rsquo\;s troubles.There\, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visio nary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite\, one that r eawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste\, touch\, and her own body.In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool\, seductive violence\, the chef &rsquo\;s boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to th e center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate. Sensuous and surprising\, joyous and bitingly sharp\, told in language as alluring as it is original\, Land of Milk and Honey lays provocatively bar e the ethics of seeking pleasure in a dying world. It is a daringly imagin ative 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 w ild delight\, and to the transformative power of a woman embracing her own appetite.&rdquo\; - From the library catalog.
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