{"product_id":"ruby-russell-doing-it-all-2024","title":"Ruby Russell: Doing It All [2024]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA feminist exploration of single motherhood and a passionate call to reclaim the power of mothering.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant book, fearlessly told.' \u003cb\u003eElinor Cleghorn, author of UNWELL WOMEN \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Lucid and liberating.' \u003cb\u003eEliane Glaser, author of MOTHERHOOD: A MANIFESTO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNearly a quarter of UK families with dependent children are single-parent families, and around 90% of single parents are women. Yet the single mother is still cast as victim or welfare queen, sexually irresponsible or too independent by half.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing a history through Victorian brothels, welfare rights activism and Black feminist traditions of othermothering, Ruby Russell tells a different story: of motherhood defined not by marriage or men, but as a nexus of solidarity beyond the patriarchal status quo. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA personal quest for empowerment, \u003ci\u003eDoing It All\u003c\/i\u003e is also a fierce critique of the structures that leave single mums marginalised and exhausted - and a call to reclaim mothering as the life force of sustainable, connected and radically responsible communities.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deftly marrying history with her own story, Russell gives us a vision of single mothers as avatars of a better world. It is a world we can all embrace, and all aspire to.' \u003cb\u003eKirsten Swinth, author of FEMINISM'S FORGOTTEN FIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mightily encourages dreams of a society where mothering is the most important activity of all.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Sunday Independent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Russell, Ruby","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51665274896723,"sku":"9780349702186","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/russell-ruby-ruby-russell-doing-it-all-2024-9780349702186-1186368235.jpg?v=1755716482","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/ruby-russell-doing-it-all-2024","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}