Name: Book Talk: Already Toast with Kate Washington
Start: 2024-09-21T14:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-09-21T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Arthur F. Turner Community Library Yolo County Library

Book Talk: Already Toast with Kate Washington

Join author Kate Washington for a discussion of her memoir, Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America, and the art of writing your life.
Already Toast is the story of Kate's struggle to care for her seriously ill husband, offering a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support.
"A timely and crucial appeal." -Booklist starred review.
"A wrenching debut... Washington's tale serves as both an evocative memoir and a strident call to action." -Publisher's Weekly.
Kate Washington is the author of Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout In America (Beacon Press, 2021) and a frequent speaker on the systemic challenges facing family caregivers. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, Eater, Catapult, and many other publications. She holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and lives in Sacramento.