Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. Early in the detox, Rachel meets Miriam, a zaftig young Orthodox Jewish woman who works at her favourite frozen yogurt shop and is intent upon feeding her. Rachel is suddenly and powerfully entranced by Miriam - by her sundaes and her body, her faith and her family - and as the two grow closer, Rachel embarks on a journey marked by mirrors, mysticism, mothers, milk, and honey. This is a tender and riotously funny meditation on love, certitude, and the question of what we are all being fed.
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