Cecilia Knapp & Lisa Owens: Girl, Woman, Mother?

In Lack, Cecilia Knapp writes a woman grappling with uncertainty about bringing new life into a burning world.

In Natural Disaster, Lisa Owens follows a woman across the final 24 hours of parental leave, capturing the literal and existential challenges of being a mother, employee, and partner.

Hear the authors discussing how their novels, from opposite sides of motherhood, speak to each other and to the push and pull of what it means to be a woman today.

Chaired by Cailean Steed. .