Caregiving preserves us, sustains us, and brings us together, but it also devastates and exhausts us. In Fruto, the contradictions of caregiving are addressed through fourteen voices that intertwine to construct a transgenerational book that explores a little-recognized truism: parenting stories are not limited to mothers, but involve us all. Not all of us are mothers, but we have all cared for and been cared for.

When the endless labors of motherhood cornered Daniela Rea in a dark space, she did what she does best: journalism. To understand her new circumstances, she sought out other women who mothered and cared for others; listening to them led her to interview her mother to question her own parenting. While listening to those experiences of caregiving in extreme circumstances, her own story found a place and meaning. Fruto is a women's conjuring, the result of listening to ourselves to find what calls us.