In Essential Labor, Garbes builds on the ideas she presented in her viral essay, exploring our assumptions about care, deservedness, and equity. Care and Leading is a deep dive into what mothering in America is, and can be, amidst all the fear and possibility of the moment. Since then, Garbes has found herself pondering a vital question: How, under our current circumstances that leave us exhausted and depleted, might we demand more from American family life? The answer, she believes, is by doubling down on the value of mothering and its radical potential. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregivers-and the lack of a social safety net to support them-Garbes penned a piece for New York Magazine, “The Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story,” which quickly went viral. The Covid-19 pandemic reminded us of an overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. Having trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.įrom the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes an investigation into the current state of caregiving in America and an exploration of motherhood as a means of social change. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!Ĭlick here for more about our COVID-19 policies for in-person events. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A.
Registration is required in advance.Ĭopies of Essential Labor will be available for purchase at the store. Third Place Books welcomes local author Angela Garbes-author of critically-acclaimed Like a Mother-to our Seward Park store! Garbes will discuss her latest work of nonfiction, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, a book that reframes mothering and contends that the labor of raising thriving children offers us the ability to create a more equitable society. Garbes will be in conversation with therapist and professor Jen Graves. This event is free and open to the public. I know I will think about this book for the rest of my life-it's that important." -Lydia Kiesling "I have never felt more held, challenged, and called to action by a book.
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