| Description |
xii, 251 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Moving beyond stigma -- Genuine family values -- Loss -- Resilience, strength, and perseverance -- "Everybody knows my Grandma": extended families and other support networks -- "I have to do something with my life"" derailed dreams -- "I really, really believed he would stick around": conflicting conceptions of commitment -- An agenda for the twenty-first century: caring for all our families. |
| Subject |
Single mothers -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Single mothers. |
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United States. |
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Social conditions. |
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Single mothers -- United States -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Welfare recipients -- United States.
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Welfare recipients. |
| ISBN |
0520247728 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520238265 cloth alkaline paper |
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