Cindy Kichlklug, a young, emphatically non-idealistic attorney finds herself in Washington, DC, working for a group of radical nutrition advocates with a passionate distaste for cow milk. Little does she suspect that their militant intolerance for lactose is a reaction to a secret global conspiracy orchestrated by the dairy industry, itself a puppet of alien masters from a distant planet orbiting the star Vega.

These Vegans (the ones from Vega, not the other kind) have been running things on Earth for thousands of years through mind-controlling substances secreted by the cows they brought here long ago, but now one of Cindy’s colleagues, socially inept mathematician Eddie Fishman, has discovered an innovative analytical technique that may expose their nefarious schemes. When Eddie is captured, Cindy teams up with cranky old anti-conspiracy veteran Tom Logan and a host of other rabble-rousing extremists to rescue Eddie and put an end to the diabolical (albeit delicious) machinations, all the while pursued by the dapper but devious “milk thugs” and fighting her own overwhelming desire for lattes and cheesecake.

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Readers’ reviews:

“I loved reading Mother’s Milk! This book gives the reader a lot to think about and yet, at the same time, is thoroughly entertaining. At one point, I had to set it down because I was laughing so hard that I was crying! I enjoyed it so much that I have already bought copies for three of my friends. My only hope is that there will be a sequel.” — Kari Nienstedt

“Mother’s Milk is tightly written and easy to read throughout. It is consistently both clever and funny, though early in the book I found the constant asides a bit much. Breslin has done a thorough job of weaving legend, religion, and the tides of history into a grand unification conspiracy that is the whipped cream on top of this tasty book.” — Scott Williams

“Aliens from Vega control the U.S. government through the FDA, by means of the dairy industry, and milk suppresses human intelligence. . . . An outrageous farce that is delightful even if you enjoy drinking milk.” — Princeton Public Library Book Bites

trade paperback 5.25" X 8.25" 256 pp. list price $19 ISBN-13: 978-0-9752540-0-4 ISBN-10: 0-9752540-0-6