e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Call Number
Item Barcode
Bib Number
ISBN/ISSN
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Booklist Review
Table of Contents
More Content
More by this author
Strauss, Elissa.
Subjects
Strauss, Elissa.
Caregivers.
Caring.
American essays -- 21st century.
Essays -- 21st century.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Strauss, Elissa.
by title:
When you care : the ...
by call number:
814.6 S912w
Search the Web
Strauss, Elissa.
Strauss, Elissa.
Caregivers.
Caring.
American essays -- 21st century.
Essays -- 21st century.
MARC Display
When you care : the unexpected magic of caring for others / Elissa Strauss.
by
Strauss, Elissa.
Gallery Books, 2024.
Call #:
814
.6
S912w
Subjects
Strauss, Elissa.
Caregivers.
Caring.
American essays -- 21st century.
Essays -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781982169275 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Unexpected magic of caring for others
Edition:
1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.
Description:
viii, 303 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
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. From 2011–2017, she was the coartistic director of LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture in New York City, and in 2020, she launched a hub in the Bay Area, where she is currently the artistic director. She lives in Oakland, California, with her family.
Summary:
"Behind our current caregiving crisis, in which a broken system has left parents and caregivers exhausted, sits a fierce addiction to independence. But what would happen if we started to appreciate dependency, and the deep meaning of one person caring for another? If we start to care about care? Drawing on research into parenting and caregiving, as well as her own experiences as a mother, journalist Elissa Strauss delves into the history and power of care in our lives and communities. With a curiosity and desire to more fully understand one of humanity’s most profound and essential relationships, she interrogates our societal obsession with going it alone, and poses a challenge to let ourselves be transformed by the act of caregiving. '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. Care is a long-ignored force in our collective and political lives, as well as a deeply philosophical, spiritual, and psychologically potent experience. Moreso, an embrace of care by both women and men will lead to a more gender equitable future and help us reimagine what it means to be productive and live a meaningful life. 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."--From publisher.
Genre:
Essays.
Holds:
5
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Due Date
Bedford Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
814.6 S912w
Adult books
Transit Request
Add Copy to MyList
J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
814.6 S912w
Adult books
Checked out
Jul 29, 2024
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.