Single Mother by Choice
A Story of Politics and Parenting in Twenty-first Century Middle America
Published on 15. May 2026
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-1-83695-497-2 (ISBN)
Description
The book is about a close friend of the author who was therefore privy to the innermost thoughts and feelings of the single mother.
The topic is relevant and could be of interest to more than just an academic audience.
The author offers bold conclusions of the reality of life as a single parent at the end of the neoliberal era.
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Person
Linda L. Layne is the author of Home and Homeland: The Dialogics of Tribal and National Identities in Jordan (1994, Princeton University Press) and Motherhood Lost: A Feminist Account of Pregnancy Loss in America (2003, Routledge) and co-producer of a television series on pregnancy loss. She has edited or co-edited numerous volumes on motherhood, parenting and consumer culture. She now studies heterosexual single mothers by choice, lesbian moms and gay dads.