A mother kills her twins. Another woman, the narrator of this story, is
about to give birth. She is a writer, and she realizes 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.
Mothers 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. Mothers Don't 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.