{"product_id":"9780349702186","title":"Doing It All : The Social Power of Single Motherhood by Ruby Russell","description":"A feminist exploration of single motherhood and a passionate call to reclaim the power of mothering.   'A brilliant book, fearlessly told.' Elinor Cleghorn, author of UNWELL WOMEN ''Lucid and liberating.' Eliane Glaser, author of MOTHERHOOD: A MANIFESTONearly 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. A 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.??'Deftly marrying history with her own story, Russell gives us a vision of single mothers as avatars of a better world. It is a world we can all embrace, and all aspire to.' Kirsten Swinth, author of FEMINISM'S FORGOTTEN FIGHT'Mightily encourages dreams of a society where mothering is the most important activity of all.' Irish Sunday Independent\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56287450628469,"sku":"9780349702186","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349702186.jpg?v=1762713715","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780349702186","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}