Bread and Milk
the lyrical literary memoir tracing a girlhood through food
$33.99
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2025
Summary
Breadcrumbs: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Four Generations of Women
‘Karolina Ramqvist’s writing is straight-talking scripture’ - Heidi Julavits, author of Directions to Myself
A moving memoir detailing four generations of women through the food they share.
In Bread and Milk, Karolina Ramqvist traces a girlhood through food - she recalls the bag of tangerines devoured in one sitting outside her mother’s bedroom, and delighting in the luxury of that extra …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786583314 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786583313 |
| Author: | Karolina Ramqvist |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Manilla Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 331g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 144mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Ramqvist’s highly relatable memoir details the problems that can arise when a child associates food with love… her story, with its lush and evocative prose, will speak to many readers. * Booklist * Karolina Ramqvist’s writing is straight-talking scripture … [her] mind is transgressively pragmatic, and a constant source of enlightenment. * Heidi Julavits, author of Directions to Myself * A master of finely observed detail. * Jessica J. Lee on Bear Woman * Karolina Ramqvist writes with frosty precision the kind of literature that is unforgettable. Her portraits of women hit deep into bone and marrow. * Dorthe Nors on The White City *
About The Author
Karolina Ramqvist
Karolina Ramqvist is one of the most influential Swedish writers and feminists of her generation. In 2015, she was awarded the prestigious P. O. Enquist Literary Prize for her novel The White City.
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