Whole Girl: UC Berkeley student’s book aims to nourish girls, young women

In early February 2020, Sadie Radinsky was an elated high school senior: She’d been accepted to UC Berkeley, her top choice for college. But the 18-year-old was in an uncommon circumstance, with her first book on its way to publication. So, she considered deferring her enrollment for a year to be on the road, launching her book.

Then, the coronavirus pandemic hit, and Berkeley’s courses — and Radinsky’s book tours — turned remote. And Radinsky, who hasn’t yet declared a major but is leaning toward global studies, discovered she could attend both classes and public appearances for her book from her family’s home in Topanga Canyon, in Southern California’s Santa Monica Mountains.