“It was not a humane system before the pandemic, and it still isn’t working for most people,” said Garbes, who is based in Seattle and was also tasked with caring for her aging parents along with assisting one of her children with virtual kindergarten. In the spring of 2020, according to the Associated Press, roughly 3.5 million mothers with school-age children either lost jobs, took leaves of absence or left the labor market altogether. The book, which explores the “care crisis” in America, helps to encapsulate a frenzied moment that saw everyone from CEOs to celebrities sounding the alarm on the burden of invisible labor on women.
Garbes shelved the collection of essays on the human body and expanded on the ideas in her article, which has turned into Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change and will hit stores May 10. “I didn’t think that I was alone in my feelings, but I was not prepared for the reaction that happened.”Īnd so the lightbulb went off for her next book. “It was really validating because I felt so isolated and alone,” Garbes said.
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