Black milk

Reflections on literature, motherhood, and spiritual peace, by the first writer in Turkey. Alef Shafak suffered, after the birth of her first daughter, a deep psychological crisis that prevented her from practicing writing for the first time in her life. And while she was immersed in the psychological breakdown that follows childbirth, Shafak delved into the works of thinkers such as Sylvia Path, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, and Alice Walker to help her find conciliatory ways to the conflict between motherhood and creativity in a male-dominated society. A powerful writing with its honesty, elegance, and wit. Number of pages: 422