Emily Oster and Becky Kennedy Share Parenting Book Picks Ahead of New Yorker Festival
On Sunday, October 25th, The New Yorker Festival will host economist Emily Oster and psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy, alongside physician Dhruv Khullar. Oster, who wrote "Expecting Better" (2013), endorses Donna Freitas’s "The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano." Dr. Kennedy recommends Richard Schwartz's "Internal Family Systems Therapy." For challenging moments, Oster turns to authors like Emily Henry, Anabel Monaghan, and Jenny Jackson, while Kennedy favors Kate Bowler's "Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!" and Celeste Ng's "Everything I Never Told You." For children's literature, Oster suggests Beverly Cleary's Ramona series, and Kennedy recommends "Poe Won't Go" and "Killers of the Flower Moon." Additionally, Kennedy advises "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen," while Oster highlights "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care." The festival will also feature Ben Lerner and Valeria Luiselli, offering a 20% discount for newsletter subscribers with the code BOOKS20.
Key facts
- Emily Oster and Becky Kennedy will appear at The New Yorker Festival on Sunday, October 25th.
- They will be in conversation with physician and contributing writer Dhruv Khullar.
- Oster is the author of "Expecting Better," published in 2013.
- Kennedy is known as Dr. Becky and created the Good Inside method.
- Oster recommended "The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano" by Donna Freitas.
- Kennedy recommended "Internal Family Systems Therapy" by Richard Schwartz.
- For tough times, Oster reads Emily Henry, Anabel Monaghan, and Jenny Jackson; Kennedy reads Kate Bowler's "Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!"
- Kennedy chose "Everything I Never Told You" by Celeste Ng as fiction representing caregiving.
- Oster's favorite book to read with kids is the Ramona series by Beverly Cleary.
- Kennedy recommended "Poe Won't Go" by Kelly DiPucchio for younger kids and "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann for teens.
- Kennedy's evergreen guide is "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk" by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
- Oster's evergreen guide is the 1985 edition of "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care."
- The festival will also feature Ben Lerner and Valeria Luiselli.
- Newsletter readers get a twenty-per-cent discount on tickets with code BOOKS20.
Entities
Artists
- Emily Oster
- Becky Kennedy
- Dhruv Khullar
- Donna Freitas
- Richard Schwartz
- Emily Henry
- Anabel Monaghan
- Jenny Jackson
- Kate Bowler
- Celeste Ng
- Beverly Cleary
- Kelly DiPucchio
- David Grann
- Adele Faber
- Elaine Mazlish
- Lizzie Widdicombe
- Jessica Winter
- Ben Lerner
- Valeria Luiselli
- Lawrence Wright
- Blake J. Harris
- Larry David
- Rebecca Mead
- Georgia Oakley
- Jane Austen
- Stockard Channing
Institutions
- The New Yorker
- The New Yorker Festival
- Good Inside
Locations
- Texas
- United Kingdom