Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-245) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The context of single mothers' lives -- Negotiating reciprocity -- Accounting for welfare -- Building and rebuilding the family -- Falling in love (again) -- Conclusion.
Summary
Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers and their children face in small town America--a place greatly changed over the past fifty years as factory work has dried up and national chains like Walmart have moved in.
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