Author

Publication

2009 - Penguin Books, Limited

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780141037776
  • Better World BooksKO-111-152
  • Open LibraryOL29019890M

Classifications

  • LCCHQ759.915
  • LCCHQ759.45 b .R63 2009

Description

Maria is twenty-nine years old. She is a single mother and lives on a council estate in Manchester. She's also a chronic day-dreamer. One day she'd like to marry a beautiful man with a huge income to look after her and Jack, her nine-year-old son.The only problem is that her current boyfriend, Rhodri, a chickpea-loving vegan eco-warrior, has turned his back on career ladders. Neither does he believe in monogamy. And so Maria finds herself unexpectedly juggling one, two, three lovers . . .When Damien, Jack's abusive father, who threatened more times than Maria cares to remember to kill her makes an unwelcome reappearance, she gets a wake-up call. Will Maria find a wonderful father figure for Jack by the time she turns thirty?A surprisingly humorous memoir with heartbreaking and unexpected moments, Single Mother on the Verge is a seductive and extremely touching read.

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Other Editions

  • Single Mother on the VergePenguin Books, Limited2009

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