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From the acclaimed author of
 
Like a Mother
 
comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change.
“Angela Garbes has given us the definitive explanation for something we all share: the sense that something is not right about our society’s treatment of parenting.
 
Essential Labor
 
is a beautifully written, painstakingly researched, and courageously personal book. Garbes reveals the way systems exploit caregiving and shows us how the essential work of mothering can fix not just family life, but society. A timely and unforgettable book.”—Heather McGhee,
 
New York Times
 
bestselling author of
 
The Sum of Us
Mothering is arguably the most essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregivers—and the lack of a social safety net to support them—Angela Garbes found herself pondering a vital question: how, under our current circumstances that leave us lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life?
In 
Essential Labor
, Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at what mothering is, and can be. A first-generation Filipina American, Garbes shares the perspective of her family’s complicated relationship to care work, placing mothering in a global context—the invisible economic engine that has been historically demanded of women of color.
Garbes contends that while the labor of raising children is devalued in America, the act of mothering offers the radical potential to create a more equitable society and as opportunities to find meaning, to nurture a deeper sense of self, pleasure, and belonging.
Angela Garbes
 is the author of 
Like a Mother 
and 
Essential Labor, 
a 
New Yorker 
and NPR Best Book of the Year. Her writing has appeared in 
The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, 
and featured on 
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 
and NPR’s 
Fresh Air. 
She lives with her family in Seattle.
Jia Tolentino
 is a staff writer at the 
New Yorker 
and the author of the essay collection 
Trick Mirror
.
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