Elissa Strauss Presents Her New Book "When You Care"

Oakland author ELISSA STRAUSS will be at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore to celebrate her new book "When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others". Elissa will read from and discuss her book and will also sign copies after the presentation. Author COURTNEY E. MARTIN joins Elissa in the conversation. In this comprehensive and timely book, journalist ELISSA STRAUSS explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research about care and stories from parents and caregivers with a feminist bent. What would happen if we started to "care about care"? "When You Care" weaves historical anecdotes and science with conversations with parents and caregivers to the young, old, disabled, ill, and more, revealing a rich array of insights about how care shapes us on the inside and the outside, for the better. ELISSA STRAUSS has been a journalist, essayist, and opinion writer for the past fifteen years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Glamour, Elle, Allure, The American Prospect, and elsewhere. She’s been a contributing writer for CNN where she covered the culture and politics of parenthood, as well as at Slate, where she wrote on feminism and motherhood. Since 2011 she has been an artistic director of LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture. She lives in Oakland with her family. COURTNEY E. MARTIN is the author of many books, including most recently, "Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School". She also writes a popular substack newsletter called "Examined Family" and is the storyteller-in-residence at The Holding Co, a lab to redesign care. She lives in a cohousing community in Oakland.

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