La Magrana, 2023
320 pages
Non Fiction
On the 20th December 2015, the author became a mother, lost her mind, and was elected a member of Parliament for the first time. But what should have been the happiest of days, marked the beginning of a frightening journey to save her own life: to overcome insanity and regain her rationality; to take care of her new-born twins; to represent with dignity those who voted for her. During her healing process, she realises that her most intimate struggles are a secret out in the open shared by many others before her. Centuries of whispering and gossiping silenced the lives of damaged women and labelled them as witches, hysterical wives, or any other of the volatile characterisations made of the female mind. Reaching out to art, literature, mythology, and medicine, Mar García frames her own story within a longer history of oppressed women seeking to deconstruct the myths of patriarchy
Marta González
MB Agencia Literaria
marta@mbagencialiteraria.es
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