Milk-bar

A new mother in New York is drowning in exhaustion and depression after childbirth, her world shrinking to the confines of her apartment and her infant. She grapples with protective instincts and disturbing thoughts, questioning how she lost herself. Her only connection to the outside world is a kind elderly neighbor, but even his existence seems uncertain as strange occurrences begin to plague her home. This raw and honest novel explores the brutal realities of postpartum depression with unflinching prose and surprising touches of dark humor.