Mother's Choice
Author : Agbo Areo
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Blacks
ISBN :
Author : Agbo Areo
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Blacks
ISBN :
Author : Val Wood
Publisher : Random House
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 24,43 MB
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473542715
For ten years, Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack, and as a young unmarried mother, life has never been easy. Every new coat and pair of shoes was bought with what little money she could scrape together as a singer on the stage. But when the theatre work dries up, Delia faces a dilemma: continue the search for employment with no knowing whether she’ll find the stability and security her son needs, or return to the place that should be home . . . where only spite and hatred await them. Desperate now, a chance encounter suddenly presents a lifeline. But Delia is faced with an impossible, heart-wrenching choice. Can she bear to leave Jack behind, hoping another family will care for him? Will they ever be reunited? What else can a mother do to give her son the life he deserves? Val Wood's wonderful historical sagas are perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Rosie Goodwin.
Author : Jane Mattes, L.C.S.W.
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 1994-05-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0812922468
The first handbook for the paoidly growing number of American women choosing single motherhood, written by the director of the national organization, Single Mothers by Choice.
Author : Rosanna Hertz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,22 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0199884498
A remarkable number of women today are taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage. In Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice, Rosanna Hertz offers the first full-scale account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why these middle class women took this unorthodox path and how they have managed to make single parenthood work for them. Hertz interviewed 65 women--ranging from physicians and financial analysts to social workers, teachers, and secretaries--women who speak candidly about how they manage their lives and families as single mothers. What Hertz discovers are not ideologues but reluctant revolutionaries, women who--whether straight or gay--struggle to conform to the conventional definitions of mother, child, and family. Having tossed out the rulebook in order to become mothers, they nonetheless adhere to time-honored rules about child-rearing. As they tell their stories, they shed light on their paths to motherhood, describing how they summoned up the courage to pursue their dream, how they broke the news to parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers, how they went about buying sperm from fertility banks or adopting children of different races. They recount how their personal and social histories intersected to enable them to pursue their dream of motherhood, and how they navigate daily life. What does it mean to be single in terms of romance and parenting? How do women juggle earning a paycheck with parenting? What creative ways have women devised to shore up these families? How do they incorporate men into their child-centered families? This book provides concrete, informative answers to all these questions. A unique window on the future of the family, this book offers a gold mine of insight and reassurance for any woman contemplating this rewarding if unconventional step.
Author : Kristin Noel Fischer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Families
ISBN : 9781503328747
For thirty years, Nadine Kingsley has kept a heart-wrenching secret. When a letter arrives threatening to reveal the truth that could destroy her tight-knit family, Nadine embarks on a difficult journey to explain her painful decision, especially to her youngest daughter, Autumn. Meanwhile, Autumn Anderson, Speech Pathologist and mother of two, is struggling in her marriage. The discovery of a troubling letter addressed to her mother disrupts her already complicated life, leading Autumn to question what she's always believed. When the unthinkable happens, Autumn digs deeper into her family's past and unravels a tangled web of lies and deception surrounding her own birth. Meeting the one person her mother entrusted with her secret brings Autumn face-to-face with an unexpected and shocking revelation. A Mother's Choice is a fast-paced, uplifting, emotional read, full of family drama, love, hope, and forgiveness.
Author : Keiko Kasza
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 1996-03-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0698113640
Family is about love no matter how different parents and children may be, adopted or not. Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, asking all kinds of animals, but he doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. He doesn't even think of asking Mrs. Bear if she's his mother-but then she starts to do just the things a mommy might do. And when she brings him home, he meets her other children-a piglet, a hippo, and an alligator-and learns that families can come in all shapes and sizes and still fit together. Keiko Kasza's twist on the "Are you my mother?" theme has become one of the most highly recommended stories about adoption for children.
Author : Julie Marie
Publisher : Happy Together Children's Book
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781733357272
Happy Together, a single mother by choice story, is a heartwarming book to help share the family building story with a young child. A story told through clear language and cheerful illustrations, readers will join Mommy bear on the journey to fulfill her greatest wish of becoming a parent. With help from a doctor and a donor, Mommy's dream came true and a baby was welcomed with great joy!
Author : Steven W. Mosher
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Birth control
ISBN : 9780751508079
The true story of Chi An, a young Chinese woman from Manchuria who experienced the horror of China's one couple, one child policy. Told in the first person, this book recounts a life lived under the shadow of an intrusive regime.
Author : Paul D. Meier
Publisher : Baker Publishing Group (MI)
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,73 MB
Release : 1989-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801061455
Author : Sarah Kowalski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 31,78 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1631522736
At the age of thirty-nine, Sarah Kowalski heard her biological clock ticking, loudly. A single woman harboring a deep ambivalence about motherhood, Kowalski needed to decide once and for all: Did she want a baby or not? More importantly, with no partner on the horizon, did she want to have a baby alone? Once she revised her idea of motherhood—from an experience she would share with a partner to a journey she would embark upon alone—the answer came up a resounding Yes. After exploring her options, Kowalski chose to conceive using a sperm donor, but her plan stopped short when a doctor declared her infertile. How far would she go to make motherhood a reality? Kowalski catapulted herself into a diligent regimen of herbs, Qigong, meditation, acupuncture, and more, in a quest to improve her chances of conception. Along the way, she delved deep into spiritual healing practices, facing down demons of self-doubt and self-hatred, ultimately discovering an unconventional path to parenthood. In the end, to become a mother, Kowalski did everything she said she would never do. And she wouldn't change a thing. A story of personal triumph and unconditional love, Motherhood Reimagined reveals what happens when we release what's expected and embrace what's possible.