"Milk and Honey" is the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, femininity. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

"Milk and Honey" is a new york times bestseller. It is Rupi Kaur’s debut collection of poetry and prose. It was first self published in november 2014. The self published edition quickly became a bestseller as it topped north american charts. Its grassroots success lead to andrews mcmeel publishing releasing it under their name on October 6 2015.