{"product_id":"doing-it-all-the-social-power-of-single-motherhood","title":"Doing It All : The Social Power of Single Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNearly a quarter of UK families with dependent children are single-parent families, and around 90% of single parents are women. Yet the single mother is still cast as victim or welfare queen, sexually irresponsible or too independent by half. Tracing a history through Victorian brothels, welfare rights activism and Black feminist traditions of othermothering, Ruby Russell tells a different story: of motherhood defined not by marriage or men, but as a nexus of solidarity beyond the patriarchal status quo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA personal quest for empowerment, Doing It All is also a fierce critique of the structures that leave single mums marginalised and exhausted - and a call to reclaim mothering as the life force of sustainable, connected and radically responsible communities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: UK, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: John Murray Press\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9780349702162\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ruby Russell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58297993298251,"sku":null,"price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9780349702162.jpg?v=1788011371","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/doing-it-all-the-social-power-of-single-motherhood","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}