Edinburgh International Book Festival Fiction (Adults) £15.50
Cecilia Knapp & Lisa Owens: Girl, Woman, Mother?
Cecilia Knapp, Lisa Owens, Cailean Steed
Venue B 25 Aug
17.30 1hr

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. 

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