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Book 2022

Spilt Milk

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Publisher
McSweeney's Publishing
Language
English
Published
2022
  • Authors, biography
  • Motherhood
  • Jews, united states, biography
  • Jewish authors
  • Women, conduct of life
  • American Authors
  • American Women authors
  • Biography

An intimate, bracing, and beautiful exploration of vulnerability and culpability. Zoffness relives her childhood anxiety disorder as she witnesses it manifest in her firstborn; endures brazen sexual advances by a student in her class; grapples with the implications of her young son's cop obsession; and challenges her Jewish faith. What role does a mother play, she asks, in raising thoughtful, generous children? Where is the line between privacy and secrecy? And how do the stories we tell inform who we become?