👩‍👧 Single Motherhood

Stories and memoirs of women raising children alone, navigating exhaustion, judgment, fierce love, and the quiet heroism of holding a family together without a safety net.

Margo's Got Money Troubles

by Rufi Thorpe

Pregnant, abandoned, broke: a twenty-year-old turns to OnlyFans with her wrestler father as coach.

3.83

241k+

📹 Internet Sex Work 💰 Sex Work As Survival 🖤 Absent Father Returns 😂 Darkly Comic 🌴 Southern California

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Pregnant, abandoned, broke: a twenty-year-old turns to OnlyFans with her wrestler father as coach.

by Rufi Thorpe 2024

3.83

241k+ ratings

📹 Internet Sex Work 💰 Sex Work As Survival 🖤 Absent Father Returns 😂 Darkly Comic 🌴 Southern California

Maid

by Stephanie Land • 2019

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

3.86

114k+

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor 🏷️ Poverty Stigma 📋 Welfare System

Maid

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

by Stephanie Land 2019

3.86

114k+ ratings

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor 🏷️ Poverty Stigma 📋 Welfare System

Reham Khan

by Reham Khan • 2018

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

2.56

455

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

Reham Khan

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

by Reham Khan 2018

2.56

455 ratings

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

The Heart of a Woman

by Maya Angelou • 2009

Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.

4.23

25k+

🪧 Civil Rights Memoir 🎭 Art And Activism 🌍 Pan-African Movement ✈️ Expat Life In Africa ✍🏿 Black Women Writers

The Heart of a Woman

Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.

by Maya Angelou 2009

4.23

25k+ ratings

🪧 Civil Rights Memoir 🎭 Art And Activism 🌍 Pan-African Movement ✈️ Expat Life In Africa ✍🏿 Black Women Writers

Good in Bed

by Jennifer Weiner • 2002

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

3.76

316k+

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 💕 Found Family 🏙️ Philadelphia

Good in Bed

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

by Jennifer Weiner 2002

3.76

316k+ ratings

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 💕 Found Family 🏙️ Philadelphia

Class

by Stephanie Land • 2023

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

3.61

15k+

💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs 🪤 Social Safety Net

Class

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

by Stephanie Land 2023

3.61

15k+ ratings

💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs 🪤 Social Safety Net

The Street

by Ann Petry • 1946

Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.

4.27

14k+

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Black Womanhood ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🧹 Domestic Work 🎷 1940s Harlem

The Street

Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.

by Ann Petry 1946

4.27

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Black Womanhood ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🧹 Domestic Work 🎷 1940s Harlem

The Smallest Lights in the Universe

by Sara Seager • 2020

Widowed at forty with two sons, an astrophysicist puts her grief into searching for other Earths.

4.11

3k+

🔭 Exoplanet Astronomy 💔 Grief Memoirs 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧬 Astrobiology 📖 Narrative Science

The Smallest Lights in the Universe

Widowed at forty with two sons, an astrophysicist puts her grief into searching for other Earths.

by Sara Seager 2020

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔭 Exoplanet Astronomy 💔 Grief Memoirs 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧬 Astrobiology 📖 Narrative Science

We All Live Here

by Jojo Moyes • 2025

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

3.88

122k+

🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father 😂 Wry Domestic Humor 🌻 Gardener Love Interest 🏫 School Gossip

We All Live Here

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

by Jojo Moyes 2025

3.88

122k+ ratings

🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father 😂 Wry Domestic Humor 🌻 Gardener Love Interest 🏫 School Gossip

Knocking Myself Up

by Michelle Tea • 2022

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

3.98

983

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 😏 Irreverent Memoir ✊ Feminist Memoir

Knocking Myself Up

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

by Michelle Tea 2022

3.98

983 ratings

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 😏 Irreverent Memoir ✊ Feminist Memoir

Mom & Me & Mom

by Maya Angelou • 2013

After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.

4.22

27k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation 🌪️ Flawed Mothers 🩹 Generational Healing 🌱 Coming Of Age 🛡️ Surviving Abuse

Mom & Me & Mom

After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.

by Maya Angelou 2013

4.22

27k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation 🌪️ Flawed Mothers 🩹 Generational Healing 🌱 Coming Of Age 🛡️ Surviving Abuse

All the Single Ladies

by Rebecca Traister • 2016

Single women outnumber married ones; that shift is rewriting work, love, and the state.

4.00

17k+

📜 Feminist History 💍 Sociology Of Marriage 👭 Female Friendship 💰 Economic Independence ⚖️ Gender Inequality

All the Single Ladies

Single women outnumber married ones; that shift is rewriting work, love, and the state.

by Rebecca Traister 2016

4.00

17k+ ratings

📜 Feminist History 💍 Sociology Of Marriage 👭 Female Friendship 💰 Economic Independence ⚖️ Gender Inequality

Told You So

by Mayci Neeley • 2025

Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.

3.58

51k+

🏔️ Mormon Memoir ⛪ Religious Trauma 🙏 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Abusive Relationship 🖤 Grief Journey

Told You So

Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.

by Mayci Neeley 2025

3.58

51k+ ratings

🏔️ Mormon Memoir ⛪ Religious Trauma 🙏 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Abusive Relationship 🖤 Grief Journey

Panenka

by Ronan Hession • 2021

Nicknamed for a missed penalty, a terminally ill man tries to earn back his daughter's love.

3.97

9k+

🌅 Late Life Love 💝 Family Reconciliation 🍺 Male Camaraderie 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🇮🇪 Small Town Ireland

Panenka

Nicknamed for a missed penalty, a terminally ill man tries to earn back his daughter's love.

by Ronan Hession 2021

3.97

9k+ ratings

🌅 Late Life Love 💝 Family Reconciliation 🍺 Male Camaraderie 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🇮🇪 Small Town Ireland

The Garden of Small Beginnings

by Abbi Waxman • 2017

A widowed illustrator takes a gardening class and harvests an unexpected second chance at love.

3.92

25k+

🌱 Starting Over After Loss 💔 Widow Romance 👯 Sister Relationship 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🌿 Gardening As Healing

The Garden of Small Beginnings

A widowed illustrator takes a gardening class and harvests an unexpected second chance at love.

by Abbi Waxman 2017

3.92

25k+ ratings

🌱 Starting Over After Loss 💔 Widow Romance 👯 Sister Relationship 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🌿 Gardening As Healing

P.S. You're Intolerable

by Julia Wolf • 2023

A pregnant assistant hides her bump from her billionaire boss. He wasn't supposed to notice.

4.15

39k+

💼 Billionaire Boss 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 😤 Grumpy Boss 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

P.S. You're Intolerable

A pregnant assistant hides her bump from her billionaire boss. He wasn't supposed to notice.

by Julia Wolf 2023

4.15

39k+ ratings

💼 Billionaire Boss 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 😤 Grumpy Boss 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Doing It All

by Ruby Russell • 2024

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

4.24

💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 🏠 Nuclear Family Critique 👥 Collective Child-Rearing

Doing It All

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

by Ruby Russell 2024

4.24

17 ratings

💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 🏠 Nuclear Family Critique 👥 Collective Child-Rearing

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