{"product_id":"9781948830560","title":"Mothers Don't","description":"Author: Katixa Agirre\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781948830560\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Open Letter\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 202\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer about to give birth investigates the story behind a mother she knows who has just killed her own twins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mother kills her twins. Another woman, the narrator of this story, is about to give birth. She is a writer, and she realises that she knows the woman who committed the infanticide. An obsession is born. She takes an extended leave, not for child-rearing, but to write. To research and write about the hidden truth behind the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMothers don't write. Mothers give life. How could a woman be capable of neglecting her children? How could she kill them? Is motherhood a prison? Complete with elements of a traditional thriller, this a groundbreaking novel in which the chronicle and the essay converge. Katixa Agirre reflects on the relationship between motherhood and creativity, in dialogue with writers such as Sylvia Plath and Doris Lessing. \u003ci\u003eMothers Don't\u003c\/i\u003e plumbs the depths of childhood and the lack of protection children face before the law. The result is a disturbing, original novel in which the author does not offer answers, but plants contradictions and discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867126124702,"sku":"ADS-9781948830560","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781948830560.jpg?v=1779430509","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781948830560","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}