Black Milk : On Motherhood and Writing

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Black Milk : On Motherhood and Writing

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ISBN: 9780241966259
Authors: Elif Shafak
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 2013-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Autobiography, Biography, Memoir
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A thoughtful and incisive meditation on literature, motherhood, and spiritual wellbeing from Turkey's leading female authorAfter the birth of her first child, Elif Shafak experienced a profound personal crisis. Plagued by guilt, anxiety, and bewilderment about her new maternal role, the acclaimed novelist stopped writing for the first time in her life. As she plummeted into post-partum depression, Shafak looked to the experiences of other prominent female writers--including Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, and Alice Walker--for help navigating the conflict between motherhood and artistic creation in a male-dominated society. Searingly honest, eloquent, and unexpectedly humorous, "Black Milk" will be widely embraced by writers, academics, and anyone who has undergone the identity crisis engendered by being a mother.
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