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Penguin Books, Summer 2012 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group

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iSBN 978-0-14-312108-4 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN)<br />

Memoir 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 288 pp.<br />

Rights: E00 Pub history: Viking hc 978-0-670-02264-9<br />

On sale: 7/31/<strong>2012</strong><br />

SuGGeSTeD ORDeR<br />

“ An intimate, affecting<br />

memoir . . . an epic poem to women<br />

everywhere.” —Booklist<br />

“ Clear-eyed, savvy,<br />

unrepentant.” —Publishers Weekly<br />

Also AvAilABle fRoM <strong>Penguin</strong>:<br />

The Bastard of Istanbul 978-0-14-311271-6 $14.00<br />

The Forty Rules of Love 978-0-14-311852-7 $16.00<br />

A thoughtful and incisive meditation on<br />

literature, motherhood, and spiritual wellbeing<br />

from Turkey’s leading female author<br />

Black Milk<br />

On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity,<br />

and Motherhood<br />

Elif Shafak<br />

After the birth of her first child, Elif Shafak experienced a profound<br />

personal crisis. Plagued by guilt, anxiety, and bewilderment about<br />

her new maternal role, the acclaimed novelist stopped writing<br />

for the first time in her life. As she plummeted into post-partum<br />

depression, Shafak looked to the experiences of other prominent<br />

female writers—including Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Simone<br />

de Beauvoir, and Alice Walker—for help navigating the conflict<br />

between motherhood and artistic creation in a male-dominated<br />

society.<br />

Searingly honest, eloquent, and unexpectedly humorous,<br />

Black Milk will be widely embraced by writers, academics, and<br />

anyone who has undergone the identity crisis engendered by<br />

being a mother.<br />

n Elif Shafak’s books have been translated into more than 30 languages<br />

n The Bastard of Istanbul was longlisted for the Orange Prize<br />

n Visit elifshafak.com<br />

n Also available as an e-book<br />

elif shAfAk is the author of several novels and has<br />

taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona.<br />

Married with two children, Shafak divides her time between<br />

London and Istanbul.<br />

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