Wed, Mar 11
|Book Society
Motherhood Around the World: Parenting, Policy and Possibility
Join us for an intimate evening with award-winning journalist Abigail Leonard, author of Four Mothers, as she shares the stories of four women navigating motherhood around the world. Joined in conversation by Katrina Roundfield, PhD–a digital healthcare entrepreneur and CEO/founder of Tara.
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Society, 2945 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
About the event
What does it really take to raise a child—and who helps us do it?
Join us for a powerful evening with award-winning journalist Abigail Leonard, author of Four Mothers: A Global Story of Family and the Future of Parenthood, as we explore the intimate realities of motherhood and the systems that shape it.
Through the true stories of four women—Anna in Finland, Tsukasa in Japan, Chelsea in Kenya, and Sarah in the U.S.—Leonard offers a moving, deeply reported portrait of the first year of motherhood around the world. With empathy and precision, she examines how culture, policy, and community determine what support (or lack thereof) new parents receive—and what that means for the future of families everywhere.
Joining Abby is Katrina Roundfield, PhD, and CEO / Founder of Tara. Katrina is a licensed clinical-community psychologist who pivoted from academic medicine to entrepreneurship and will bring her expertise in matrescence and…