{"product_id":"little-apocalypses-essays-on-motherhood-climate-change-and-hope-at-the-end-of-the-world-isbn-9780063440227","title":"Little Apocalypses: Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Raw, undeniable, and tender.” —Kate Baer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Kind of Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As quietly earth-shattering as it is tenderly hopeful.”\u003ci\u003e —Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and Wreck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thoughtful, evocative, and urgently needed collection that reimagines the stories we tell about motherhood, climate change, and the end of the world as we know it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you raise children in a world rapidly being reshaped by climate change? Do our narratives about climate change and care help us or hinder us in our efforts to get it right? \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to explore these urgent questions as we navigate the existential predicament of parenting on a planet in crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of beautifully crafted essays, Kaitlyn Teer—herself the mother of two young children—blends personal narrative, cultural analysis, and wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary research to offer new ways for readers to think more deeply and more hopefully about the radical possibilities of caregiving to bring a more just and sustainable future into being. In “World Without End” Teer examines the apocalyptic rhetoric that shapes our understanding of the climate crisis and shows us where to find new stories that can shape our imaginations of what’s still possible. In “Mother of All Messes” Teer considers the pressures to perform green motherhood and calls for refocusing efforts to collective action on for mutual flourishing. Teer’s writing overflows with love for her children, her community, and the natural world, and offers an invitation to face the uncertain future with curiosity and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thoughtful and eye-opening look at the power of caregiving in crisis, \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action—an invitation to parents to become active participants in carving a different path forward for all of us, our children, and our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A tender and trenchant essay collection about motherhood and fears of the future.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Raw, undeniable, and tender—\u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e digs deep into what it means to parent in a heated world. Teer’s voice holds both the ache of looming climate chaos and the unshakable hope that caring can change everything.” \u003cb\u003e—Kate Baer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Kind of Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These radiant essays glow like embers cupped in two hands—tender, crackling with wonder, full of the small astonishments and seeds that flare even in our hardest seasons. \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that even as the world tilts and trembles, there is still sweetness, still a wild and holy glitter of joy to gather and keep.” \u003cb\u003e—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How do we find the courage to love what we might lose? How do we gently but effectively face our greatest fears? \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e is Kaitlyn Teer’s graceful, incisive exploration of the intertwined experiences of motherhood and living on this planet. It’s as quietly earth-shattering as it is tenderly hopeful.” \u003cb\u003e—Catherine Newman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSandwich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWreck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully wrought excavation of the love and fear that define a parents’ relationship to their children and how that love and fear inform the particularity of a parent’s grief and terror concerning the future of the planet. This is not a book about wistful hope, so much as it is an urgent call to be courageous enough to hope, and then steadfast enough to turn that hope into collective movement forward.” \u003cb\u003e—Sara Petersen, author of \u003ci\u003eMomfluence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e feels like taking a nourishing walk with a brilliant, compassionate, relentlessly curious friend. Kaitlyn Teer is a graceful guide through questions of care work and the climate crisis; subjects that, in her hands, transform into sites of hope for our collective future. Brimming with clear-eyed optimism and a palpable love of the land, \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses \u003c\/i\u003erefreshed my sense of wonder.” \u003cb\u003e—Tajja Isen, author of \u003ci\u003eSome of My Best Friends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kaitlyn Teer writes with the rare ability to hold contradiction without flinching. \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a tender reckoning with early motherhood and a sharp interrogation of the doomsday rhetoric that shapes how we think about our warming world, offering not answers but something better: new questions and the courage to sit with them. A beautiful balm for the soul. A must-read.” \u003cb\u003e—Chelsea Bieker, author of \u003ci\u003eMadwoman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGodshot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Whether you have a racing heart, a muddled mind, or firmly covered ears when it comes to climate change, Kaitlyn Teer’s beautiful, lyrical, exquisitely researched book is a balm. She tackles what’s actually happening with muscular hope and so much love for her family and the natural world. Just as daily life and existential threats are woven together, the essays move from her sudsy kitchen sink and family bicycle, to wildfires and hurricanes, then back for bean soup and bedtime stories. Powerful insights from philosophers, scientists, activists, and her own small children make this book feel as layered and rich as oceans and forests themselves; yet somehow her guidance feels collective and energizing, never overwhelming. \u003ci\u003eLittle Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e feels like a hand slipping into yours as we look together toward the future.” \u003cb\u003e—Joanna Goddard, founder of \u003ci\u003eCup of Jo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tender and trenchant essay collection about motherhood and fears of the future.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must read for climate-conscious parents.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48252277293285,"sku":"NP9780063440227","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063440227.jpg?v=1768315365","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/little-apocalypses-essays-on-motherhood-climate-change-and-hope-at-the-end-of-the-world-isbn-9780063440227","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}