MOMS Don’t HAVE TIME TO: A Quarantine anthology
Zibby’s first anthology, Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology, was released by Skyhorse Publishing on February 16th, 2021. It included original essays from 60+ authors from her podcast. Essays were inspired by five things moms don’t have time to do: eat, breathe, work out, read, and have sex. Read below to learn about all the amazing press and awards it received!
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AWARDS
Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology recently won the 2021 National Parenting Product Awards and was the Gold Winner of the 2021 Muse Creative Awards.
“For most of us moms the best inspiration and advice comes from our fellow moms – deep in the trenches together, which is why we love Zibby Owens collection of essays so much,” says Elena Epstein, Director of the National Parenting Product Awards. “This quarantine anthology is a curated selection of diverse literary voices – together these voices are all of us. A wonderful read for moms.”
The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for children, families, and educators. The program is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products, and services. The organization is based in the United States and has reviewed thousands of items from more than 60 countries. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers, and members of the media look for the MCA mother-and-child Honoring Excellence seal of approval when selecting quality products and services for children and families.
The MCA panel has awarded Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology with a Gold Honoree of Excellence seal of approval, its highest mark.
Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology was the award winner in the anthologies non-fiction category of the 2021 International Book Awards!
This is an incredible honor as there were over 2,000 submissions for this year’s International Book Awards.
Press contact: Tess Day, tess@zibbyowens.com.
All Proceeds go to Susan Felice Owens Program for Covid-19 Vaccine Research at Mount Sinai Health System, named after Zibby’s late mother-in-law.
AUTHOR BLURBS
"Zibby Owens is a genius at throwing a party- the kind where all the guests will like each other, the chatter won't stop and everybody leaves feeling like they're part of a chic bookish girls club. But with the pandemic throwing a wrench in IRL parties, Zibby found that she was just at home throwing a party via essay collection and that's what this is: a vertical rolodex of friends who will remind you that women can, do, and always have had the power to balance entire impossible lives- and still read books. Welcome this explosion of joy onto your bookshelf that is so relevant, so now and so purely Zibby.” - Lena Dunham, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl
“This moving collection, curated by Zibby Owens, runs the gamut of human relationships. These essays examine our connection with our bodies, our lovers, our kids, our friends, and our minds. Each one is poignant and sharp, slipping between the mundane and the spiritual, and is utterly refreshing during a time of universal longing and loneliness. Moms Don’t Have Time To is an absolute gift.” - Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter and Stray.
"In a time when we need to feel connected more than ever, Zibby Owens has done what she does best -- bring together extraordinary voices in the literary world to give us words that make us feel less alone. This anthology will be one to keep handy for years to come, something to turn to when you just need to be reminded of how perfectly imperfect we all really are." - Claire Bidwell Smith, author of Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief
"Each of these brilliant essays shines as bright as Zibby Owens herself, who is a Fourth-of-July firework in human form. Actually, I’ve always wished that everyone could have the opportunity to experience Zibby’s pure energy in person. She’s a connector of humans, a bolt of energy, a burst of unconditional love. But then, after reading this book, I realized you don’t actually have to meet Zibby in person to experience her pure Zibbyness. You can read these essays, which she has lovingly nurtured and curated in the midst of both a global pandemic and her own personal losses therein, and feel that Zibby godlight shining through all of our clouded souls." – Deborah Copaken, New York Times bestselling author of Shutterbabe, The Red Book, and her new upcoming memoir, Ladyparts
“Zibby Owens is a force for the good in more ways than I can count. In this anthology borne of a longing to connect and heal, she has gathered a group of wise and generous writers – herself included! — who are quite simply the best company. Curl up with this book and I promise you’ll be surrounded by kindred spirits.” - Dani Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
“The perfect reminder for every mom that none of us have it all together, all of us are doing our best and most importantly... even your worst days make a great story.” - Nora McInerny, author of No Happy Endings and host of popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking
“Zibby Owens is a maven and a connector, a book lover whose passion for people and genuine interest in their stories has transformed a global community of readers into an intimate and supportive society of friends.This collection is the product of Zibby’s talent, passion, and constant quest to find the stories both big and small that make our lives meaningful. As a mother, as a wife, as a reader, as an author—simply as a human being— I cherished this collection of honest, thought-provoking, and funny essays.” - Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of The Queen’s Fortune
"Even before COVID changed the way we live and work and communicate with each other, Zibby Owens was already a force for good: promoting books through her 'Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books' podcast and events and bringing people together who shared her passion for reading. Throughout the pandemic, she continued to be The Great Connector, making us all feel less alone during a time of unprecedented anxiety, isolation, and uncertainty. Moms Don't Have Time To is the product of the many writers readers she connected—“virtually”—in lockdown: a network of women encouraging each other, showing up for each other, and supporting each other through both our best and our toughest moments. Funny, moving, and hopeful, these pieces will forever remind us how we all got through this singular moment in history: together, and with a lot of great books!" - Laura Zigman, bestselling author of Animal Husbandry and Separation Anxiety
“Zibby’s essay collection is just like her: warm, inclusive, literary, at times funny, and always refreshingly real. Every piece in here will make you think, shift your perspective, and touch your soul.” - Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“From ‘Awake, 3:01 AM’ to ‘Sheltering with Ghosts’ to ‘How to Have Sex with a Germaphobe,’ this collection of essays, written in real time during the spring and summer of 2020, is a boon pandemic companion. Writer Zibby Owens has created an anthology full of emotion, humor, and good advice for these troubled times and beyond.” - Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers
“Zibby isn’t just a tireless champion for books, she’s a community builder who was able to make readers and authors feel less alone during a year of terrible isolation and uncertainty. This collection of warm, relatable, funny, unfailingly honest essays feels like hanging out at a book club full of smart, funny women once the Chardonnay hits. It’s the Algonquin Roundtable in yoga pants. As an author and a mom, I’m so glad I found time for Moms Don’t Have Time To. The dishes on the other hand...” - Bess Kalb, bestselling author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
"Zibby Owens has assembled some of the best writers around and the result is a hilarious, inspiring collection of essays about all the things we don't have time for, and yet must do to keep ourselves joyful and engaged--or at the very least, sane. A delightful read from start to finish." - J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Friends and Strangers.
featured authors
Alice Berman
Alison Cayne
Alli Frank
Ashley Prentice Norton
Beth Ricanati, MD
Bonnie Tsui
Caitlin Mullen
Carolyn Murnick
Casey Schwartz
Chris Bohjalian
Christina Geist
Claire Gibson
Courtney Maum
Dan Peres
Deborah Burns
Dibs Baer
Donna Hemans
Dylan Lauren
Eilene Zimmerman
Elissa Altman
Elliot Ackerman
Esther Amini
Evangeline Lilly
Georgia Clark
Gretchen Rubin
Jan Eliasberg
Janelle Brown
Janice Kaplan
Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jill Santopolo
John Kenney
Julie Satow
Karen Dukess
Karma Brown
Kelly McWilliams
Laura Hankin
Lauren Braun Costello
Lauren Mechling
Lea Carpenter
Lisa Barr
Liz Astrof
Mary Laura Philpott
Maya Shanbhag Lang
Megan Angelo
Nicole C. Kear
Nina Renata Aron
Phyllis Grant
Rachel Bertsche
Rachel Levy Lesser
Reema Zaman
Rene Denfeld
Rochelle Weinstein
Sally Koslow
Sara Shepard
Sonali Dev
Suzanne Falter
Teresa Sorkin
Tiffany Shlain
V. C. Chickering
Wendy Walker
William Dameron
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