The young heroine Sofia, who changed her profession as an anthropologist to work as a waitress, comes with her sick mother Rosa to a Spanish town. A conflict emerges between the fragile and unsure of her own future, Sofia, and the domineering Rosa: Rosa treats her daughter as a servant and is dissatisfied with her passivity and coldness. The daughter's personal drama gradually develops into something more: Spain turns into a mythical shore, with jellyfish, mysterious healers, and strange omens. “Hot Milk” is a mirage novel, poetic and iridescent.