Elif Shafak is an award winning novelist who writes in Turkish and English . To the surprise of the women in the room and her husband waiting in the courtyard , she was yanked back into the bed with a new wave of contractions . She spoke about storytelling and identity politics at TED Global conference . The book was translated by the author from her own language to English. In an excerpt , she writes about a Turkish mother 's bitterness at having daughters but no sons .
Elif Shafak is an award winning novelist who writes in Turkish and English . She spoke about storytelling and identity politics at TED Global conference . The book was translated by the author from her own language to English. In an excerpt , she writes about a Turkish mother 's bitterness at having daughters but no sons .