The Abandoners: On Mothers and Monsters -- Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, Paperback Miscellaneous Adult and determination

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Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated

the two finally have time to take a breath and celebrate the lives they've built in Lake in the Clouds

The Abandoners: On Mothers and Monsters -- Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, Paperback Miscellaneous Adult and determinationWhat 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