After studying at Columbia University in New York, Lynn Berger (b. 1984) became a journalist, writing for De Correspondent about health care. Her work has appeared in Time, Vrij Nederland, nrc.next and de Volkskrant. Her previous book, Second Thoughts: On Having and Being a Second Child, sold almost 10,000 copies in the Netherlands and was published in the UK by September Publishing and in the US by Henry Holt & Co.
(De Correspondent, 2019, 192 pages)
Remember your first time? Chances are you’ve forgotten all about your second. When it comes to second times, we’re often left with very little to say, as Lynn Berger realised when she became pregnant with her second child. There is a surfeit of books on early parenthood and the arrival of your first child, but books on a second child are hard to find. A curious omission, especially since two-child families are still the norm in most Western countries.
(De Correspondent, 2022, 232 pages)
Without care, children fail to thrive, the sick fail to recover and the elderly die. Care is at the cradle of human civilization and it is society’s engine. It is what makes people human. But if care is so important, why do we undervalue it? In a fascinating quest for its significance, Lynn Berger discovers how all-encompassing but invisible care is, and that we are hurtling towards the biggest crisis ever.
