Read this when
Milkman
When the whole neighbourhood decides you're dating the guy who's stalking you. 🥛
Who it's for
The narrator, an unnamed eighteen-year-old 'middle sister', is pursued by a powerful paramilitary man known as the Milkman, and the community decides she must be having an affair with him.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Anna Burns's 2018 Booker Prize-winning novel is set in an unnamed Northern Irish city during the Troubles in the 1970s. Its unnamed 18-year-old narrator, known as 'middle sister', is stalked by Milkman, a high-ranking paramilitary figure, and her habit of reading while walking feeds local suspicion of her.
Where to find it
In print; widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla) and as an audiobook. Still in copyright, so not on Project Gutenberg.
Before you start
Heads up: Stalking and sexual intimidation.
Age: Ages 16+
Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
