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Open Book, Open Mind; Amanda Hess, "Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age"

Date and Time
Date / Time
Thu, Oct 9, 2025
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Location
Location
Montclair Public Library
50 South Fullerton Avenue
Auditorium, Conference Room
Montclair, NJ, 07042
Cost
Cost
Free Event
Category
Category
Miscellaneous
Open Book, Open Mind; Amanda Hess,

Amanda Hess, an award-winning writer at large for The New York Times Styles section, will be talking to Sasha Weiss, a deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine, about Hess's debut book, "Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age." When Hess learned that her pregnancy might have an abnormality, naturally she went online, spiraling down digital rabbit holes she never wanted to know existed. Follow her through the first three months of her son’s life and find out about the choices she made. The event is co-presented by 1in6Support.

Doors open at 6 p.m. The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book sales and signing with Watchung Booksellers.

“Hess trains her critic’s eye on her own life, probing both the effect of the internet on maternal guilt and anxiety (a nearly universal condition) and the more specific challenges of her own motherhood journey.…Smart, funny, and filled with love.”—The Boston Globe

Open Book / Open Mind is sponsored by Montclair Public Library Foundation, Watchung Booksellers, Anonymous, Dr. Alex and Doris Malaspina, David and Mary Lee Jones, and our individual Underwriters. We are also grateful for the generous support of our in-kind sponsors, First Congregational Church of Montclair, The George, and Amanti Vino. To support Open Book / Open Mind and other library programs, clickhereto donate.