Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood

A thoughtful and incisive meditation on literature, motherhood, and spiritual wellbeing from the author of The Island...
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Author: Elif Shafak
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Language: English
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Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood by Shafak, Elif

Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood

$18.00

Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood

$18.00
Author: Elif Shafak
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A thoughtful and incisive meditation on literature, motherhood, and spiritual wellbeing from the author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick)

After 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.

Author: Elif Shafak
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/31/2012
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780143121084
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Elif Shafak is the author of several novels and has taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona. Married with two children, Shafak divides her time between London and Istanbul.

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