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Literary Fiction · 2016 · PG-13

Hot milk

by Deborah Levy

A young woman brings her mother to a clinic in southern Spain — and begins to dissolve.

For14+GenreLiterary FictionLength218 pagesRead time~6 hours

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Some

Sexual content; Sofia's relationship with a woman

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Themes of the mother-daughter bond, identity, and female desire

What this book is about

Levy's 2016 Booker-shortlisted novel follows Sofia, a young anthropologist, with her mysteriously ill mother at a clinic in Almería. Features sexual content and feminist intensity. For adults.

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Sexual content

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