milk and honey


Name of the book        : milk and honey
Name of the author      : Rupi Kaur
Name of the publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
No. of pages                 : 204
Genre                            : Poetry

As the title of the book implies, this book is therapeutic; not only for the broken heart but also for a fragment of the society. The broken fragment is the battling sisterhood. Milk and honey is boldly feminist and Rupi Kaur has proven how simple words can cause a bigger explosion than ammunitions.

How does Kaur attain this?

The language is pithy; the metaphors, crystal-clear. Consequently, the book is soft but loud. The loudness elevates female sexuality and biology; it promotes self-love and prefers it to loving another unrequitedly; it extends remedy for a wounded soul: through the embalming thoughts and words that heal.

The various poetries touch the different aspects of love-life in their different stages: infatuation, break-up and recovering. They are extremely relatable as they deal with the issues that most women face in the contemporary world.

Some of the poetries are illustrated by simple, black-and-white illustrations. Some illustrations are shockingly overt, but this is what the book has set out to do: to normalize and create an open narrative around the repressed aspects of womanhood.

I enjoyed reading the verses of the book and found them relaxing. This book is perfect for easing up after a stressful day, knowing that a woman somewhere has undergone what you have or are going through and has got up from it as a more enriched being.
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