Then Rachel meets Miriam, an obese Orthodox Jewish woman Rachel’s age, who works at her favorite frozen yogurt shop. There are not many other people in Rachel’s life to approve or disapprove of her, not counting the revolving tourist-filled audience at This Show Sucks.
This is a deep hunger, directed first at her mother, and then, after her therapist encourages her to take a 90-day communication detox, her judgmental coworker, the older-but-still-beautiful Ana. Chain-chewing nicotine gum protein bar and low-cal yogurt regimens regular evenings on the elliptical or the stationary bike and a weekly night on stage at a comedy club are Rachel’s favorite means of feeding her existential hunger for approval. Rachel has a rigorous system to maintain control of her weight, and thereby her life. Hungry, horny, and trying to believe are three of the most predominant modes in which Rachel, the main character of Melissa Broder’s new novel, operates. Milk Fed might make you believe in god, or in love, or at least make you want to try.
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