Black Milk by Elif Shafak Yoga tenderly exposing those bonds we

tenderly exposing those bonds we cannot escape

They shower you with words of wisdom

fuelled by a shared passion for music and art

* Gurney is the recipient of seven Chesley Awards from the Association of Fantasy Artists

From standing up to injustice to breaking cultural moulds

Black Milk by Elif Shafak Yoga tenderly exposing those bonds wePostnatal 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 in my adult life words wouldn't speak to me. As her despair finally eased, Shafak sought to resuscitate her writing life by chronicling her own experiences. In her beautiful and intimate