Boswell Books
2559 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
United States
Free and open to the public.
Join Karen Babine in Milwaukee as she reads from her book All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer at Boswell Books. This memoir in the form of micro-essays chronicles Karen’s experiences finding ways to nourish and care for her mother after she’s diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. This poignant, bittersweet exploration of illness, consumption, fertility, grief, and the communal power of food is a “lush gem of a book, both heartbreaking and heart-making” (Amy Thielen).
Karen Babine
Karen Babine is two-time Minnesota Book Award-winning author of All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer.
Feed a fever, starve a cold, but what do we do for cancer? Generous and bittersweet, these essays ponder the intimate connections between food, family, and illness.