The UK edition of Breaking Milk by Dawn Garisch is available for pre-order from Héloïse Press, a Canterbury-based indie publisher of literary fiction specialised in contemporary female narrative.

Breaking Milk was originally published by Karavan Press in 2019. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Sunday Times Fiction Prize and reprinted several times.

About the book

Don’t come, Kate is told by her only child. Jess is keeping her mother at a distance on the day that her own children, conjoined twins, are to be separated during high-risk surgery in London.

Kate wakes on her farm in the Eastern Cape, torn between respecting Jess’s wishes and a longing to rush to her estranged daughter’s side.

A former geneticist disillusioned by the pressing ethical questions posed by her job, Kate is now an award-winning maker of organic cheese. She relies on the farm’s routine and the people and animals in her life to hold steady as her day teeters on a knife’s edge.

Meanwhile, her employee Nosisi’s son is undergoing initiation. Forbidden to have contact with him during this traditional passage into the world of manhood, his mother anxiously awaits his return.

Breaking Milk, Dawn Garisch’s seventh novel, is an evocative exploration of the divisions and connections between humans, animals, and the environment.

Details

Publication date: September 2019

Extent: 176 pp

Publisher: Karavan Press

World English rights excluding South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and India available. Translation rights available.