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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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“I
loved eading 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
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