Single Mothers By Choice: A Guidebook For Single Women Who Are Considering Or Have Chosen Motherhood

Description

The first handbook for the rapidly growing number of American women choosing single motherhood, written by the director of the national organization Single Mothers by Choice.

Mattes presents an accessible and personal analys is of the available options, from artificial insemination to adoption, and examines the special problems, questions, and rewards of single motherhood.

Reviews

'In this well-written and informative book, Mattes examines aspects of single motherhood. Her study functions as both a handbook for those who are single mothers by choice as well as a guide for women who are considering taking the plunge. Mattes's suggestions run the gamut from ideas about becoming pregnant or adopting to dealing with relatives, neighbors, and strangers, from parenting and answering the "daddy" questions to handling the legal aspects of parenthood. Appendixes include addresses of support groups, sample legal agreements, and a list of further readings. Although there are a number of books dealing with single parenthood, Mattes's guide deals with a special subset of that group: women who have chosen to parent alone.'---Kay Brodie, Library Journal