The unnamed narrator of ‘The Astronauts’ (an auto-fictionalised version of the author) is a woman in her 30s whose parents divorced when she was just a baby.
Lindsey Ford has had a career as a Spanish to English translator for over a decade, and also works as a literary scout and reader.
Lily Meyer is a writer, translator, and critic. Her translations include Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s story collections Little Bird and Ice for Martians.
On Translating Who Wants to Be a Mother
Part One
Eight narratives almost entirely featuring women, daughters of pop culture, who live under their crowns of an "existential literary and musical narrative" and yearn for fascination.


