The Abandoners: On Mothers and Monsters -- Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, Paperback Miscellaneous Adult But as the Lowans settle

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The Abandoners: On Mothers and Monsters -- Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, Paperback Miscellaneous Adult But as the Lowans settleWhat kind of mother abandons her child? During the pandemic, trapped at home with young children and struggling to find creative space to write, journalist Begoa Gmez Urzaiz became fixated on artistic women who overcame both society's condemnation and their own maternal guilt to leave their children at will or due to economic or other circumstances. The Abandoners is sharp, at times slyly humorous, and always deeply empathetic. Using famous examples