ABSTRACT
First published in 1985, Having To summarises the situation of more than a million parents in the UK alone that survive as single parents. This thought-provoking book is based on interviews with more than 200 women and men of all ages and backgrounds. The accounts of what life can be like in the world of one parent families are revealing, sometimes disturbing, and above all, moving. In this book, parents talk in depth about their experiences when confronted by violence, infidelity, lesbianism, child abuse and paranoia. They portray stories that will provoke many questions about the state of the nuclear family.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |27 pages
Introduction: Cages
part |143 pages
Influences
chapter |29 pages
Violence
chapter |35 pages
Infidelity
chapter |28 pages
Abandoned Women
chapter |26 pages
Transformations
chapter |24 pages
Schoolgirl Mothers
part |2 pages
Summary of Part One
part |93 pages
Consequences
chapter |24 pages
Positive Dimensions
chapter |22 pages
Poverty and Isolation
chapter |23 pages
Children
chapter |23 pages
Men Alone
part |15 pages
Summary of Part Two