During the pandemic, when schools and day care facilities shut down abruptly, millions of parents — especially mothers — dropped out of the workforce to pick up the slack. Author Angela Garbes was one of them.
Garbes had been working on a book in 2020, but was forced to abandon the project when her child's day care closed. And although she loves being a mother, the isolation and exhaustion of being a full-time caregiver took a toll.
