What Will Your Daughter Think of You?

The desire to become a mother takes hold of the author when she turns 33, after many doubts and romantic illusions. A new relationship, a global pandemic, and plenty of passion speed up the process. At the same time, lockdown fuels her hypochondriacal delusions, and the baby ultimately puts her priorities and identity to the test.

Balancing humour, guilt, and exhaustion, Diana López Varela—author of No es país para coños—recounts a journey of self-discovery and love in an essay exploring what remains of a woman after motherhood, in a world of impossible and never-ending demands.

“If there is one thing Diana addresses with brutal honesty, as the human being she is, without filters—or with filters so subtle they go unnoticed—it is the experience of motherhood while living with a mental health disorder.” From the foreword by Lorena Alonso