Begoña Gómez Urzaiz is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. She has published works in El País, La Vanguardia, the Spanish editions of Vogue, Vanity Fair and several others. She co-presents a podcast called Amiga Date Cuenta and teaches Literary Journalism on a Master’s program at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The Abandoners is her first book.

‘Fascinating … I suspect there are many, many other mothers who are going to inhale The Abandoners. I know I did … So beautifully translated from Spanish by Lizzie Davis that you forget it’s translation, this is rich, vivid writing about the eternal push and pull of motherhood … Few things I have read lately convey so exactly the sense of loving your children so much you can barely breathe, yet sometimes craving escape’ Gaby Hinscliff, Observer

Begoña Gómez Urzaiz is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. She has published works in El País, La Vanguardia, the Spanish editions of Vogue, Vanity Fair and several others. She co-presents a podcast called Amiga Date Cuenta and teaches Literary Journalism on a Master’s program at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The Abandoners is her first book.

‘Fascinating … I suspect there are many, many other mothers who are going to inhale The Abandoners. I know I did … So beautifully translated from Spanish by Lizzie Davis that you forget it’s translation, this is rich, vivid writing about the eternal push and pull of motherhood … Few things I have read lately convey so exactly the sense of loving your children so much you can barely breathe, yet sometimes craving escape’ Gaby Hinscliff, Observer