Black Milk: On Motherhood and Writing academia She had two choices: either

She had two choices: either to give up now or do something meaningful with the time she had been given

done in a style [that] borders on Shakespearean

it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever

he hesitates to take sides

With an Introduction by Dr

Black Milk: On Motherhood and Writing academia She had two choices: eitherAn affecting and beautifully written memoir on motherhood and writing by Turkey's bestselling female author Postnatal depression affects millions of new mothers every year, and like most of its victims Elif Shafak never expected to be one of them But after the birth of her first child in 2006, the internationally bestselling Turkish author remembers how, "for the first time my adult life words wouldn't speak to me". As her despair finally eased,