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Hot Milk
by Deborah Levy
Booker Prize · 2016 · ShortlistWomen's Prize for Fiction · 2016 · Shortlist
Hamish Hamiltonliterary-fiction
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2016 | Shortlist |
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2016 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Sofia and her ailing mother Rose travel from London to a clinic in southern Spain where a mysterious doctor treats ailments of psychosomatic origin. As Rose's symptoms inexplicably worsen and improve, Sofia falls into a complex affair with a Spanish woman, and must decide whether to care for her mother or seek her own freedom.
About the Author
Deborah LevyBritish
Deborah Levy is a British writer born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1959. She grew up in the United Kingdom. Her novel Swimming Home (2011) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2012. Read more →
