Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Author Elissa Strauss, exploring her life and work and the themes of her book, When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others.
Tuesday, September 10 • 1 PM ET
Elissa Strauss has been writing about the politics and culture of parenting and caregiving for more than fifteen years. Her work appears in publications like the Atlantic, the New York Times, Glamour, ELLE, and elsewhere, and she was a former contributing writer at CNN.com and Slate, where her cultural criticism about motherhood appeared on DoubleX. Her book, "When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others," is out now from Gallery Books.
In WHEN YOU CARE: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others (Gallery/ Simon & Schuster), Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives. She weaves together science, history, and research about care along with stories from parents and caregivers—including her experiences as a mother. Care is a long-ignored force in our collective and political lives, as well as a deeply philosophical, spiritual, and psychologically potent experience. The result is an eye-opening exploration into the power of being depended on—and a stirring call to action to finally acknowledge the breadth, depth, and beauty of all that caregivers do. Rebecca Traister calls it “Urgent and necessary” and Brigid Schulte calls it a “brilliantly argued and timely book.”
