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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