Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family
- ISBN-10
- 0195341406
- ISBN-13
- 9780195341409
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 273
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Rosanna Hertz
Description
The remarkable number of women taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage is explored in this account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why middle-class women have taken an unorthodox approach to parenthood and how they are making it work.
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