{"product_id":"doing-it-all-the-social-power-of-single-motherhood-9781541602199","title":"Doing It All: The Social Power of Single Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA feminist exploration of single motherhood and a passionate call to reclaim the power of mothering\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the United States, one child in five is raised by a single mother. Yet the single mom is still cast as victim or welfare queen, sexually irresponsible or too independent for her own (or her children's) good.    \u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDoing It All\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ejournalist and single mother Ruby Russell tells a different story, of single mothering not defined by loss but whole and powerful in its own right. She finds narratives of liberation in Victorian brothels and postwar British slums, in Black feminist theory and the grassroots activism of women fighting for welfare rights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoing It All\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal quest for empowerment, a fierce critique of the systems that leave single moms marginalized and exhausted, and a call to reclaim mothering as the life force of sustainable, connected, and radically responsible communities.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruby Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541602199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuby Russell\u003c\/b\u003e is writer and editor from London who lives in Berlin with her daughter and their cat. Her journalistic work is mainly on the ecological crisis, its capitalist causes and human consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seal Press (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43778356740211,"sku":"9.78154E+12","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_40e01421-c27c-4116-982f-ecfd1c50d7d5.jpg?v=1757508805","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/doing-it-all-the-social-power-of-single-motherhood-9781541602199","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}