Hummingbird Books To Welcome TIME Influential Person Emily Oster

CHESTNUT HILL, MA — Hummingbird Books at The Street Chestnut Hill will welcome TIME’s 100 Top Influential People Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better, Cribsheet and The Family Firm, on Wednesday, July 20 from 7 to 9 pm.

Oster’s books analyze the data behind choices in pregnancy and parenting. Expecting Better analyzes the data behind many common pregnancy rules and aims to improve decision-making for pregnant women. Cribsheet does the same for early childhood and The Family Firm takes this approach to parenting in the early school years.

“Emily is the authority on all-things pregnancy and parenting,” Hummingbird Books team member Andrea Chiang said in a statement. "She debunks the old rules of parenting and is equipping Moms with important information for raising healthy children. We want Hummingbird Books to be a gathering place for our community and this is just the type of programming we are proud to host.”

This event is being held in partnership with Boston Moms, a Greater Boston parenting resource that connects hundreds of thousands of families to contact and local resources each year. Boston Moms owner Meghan Block will serve as the event’s moderator.

“Emily Oster cuts through the noise, and provides Moms with easily digestible facts that help us make the best decisions for our families,” Block said in a statement.

Tickets for this event are free, but participants must register via Eventbrite. Attendees are encouraged to purchase a children’s book at Hummingbird Books the night of the event to donate to local nonprofit Room to Grow.

For more information on events at Hummingbird Books, visit www.hummingbirdbooks.com.