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Abigail Leonard

Author of Four Mothers: A Year in Motherhood Around the World
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USA

About Abigail

Abigail Leonard is the author of Four Mothers: A Year in Motherhood Around the World. Formerly based in Tokyo, she was a frequent contributor to NPR, Time, and New York Times video. Stories she reported earned her a National Headliner Award, an Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, an Overseas Press Club Award and a James Beard Foundation Media Award Nomination. She was a 2011 East–West Center Japan Fellow and 2010 UN Foundation Journalism Fellow. She now lives in Washington DC with her husband and three children.

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Stories by Abigail

  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Community, culture and the first year of motherhood

Four mothers from four countries show the universal significance of postpartum care

Birth of a Parent Podcast

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Four Mothers

An Intimate Journey through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries

By Abigail Leonard

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