Doing It All

A feminist exploration of single motherhood and a passionate call to reclaim the power of mothering.

A fascinating and compelling exploration of motherhood beyond the confines of the patriarchy . . . At once deeply personal and profoundly political - with courage, compassion, and generosity, Russell presents an intersectional history which honours single motherhood in all its complexity . . . Bold, revelatory, and a joy to read , Doing It All will ignite much-needed conversations about the communal and collective power of single mothers. A brilliant book, fearlessly told .

In this lucid and liberating book, Russell shows how single motherhood exposes the idiocy of the 'biological clock', throws light on concepts of choice, freedom, responsibility and fulfilment and reveals the shortcomings of society's organisation of childrearing for all.

A riveting memoir-cum-cri-de-cœur-cum-manifesto for envisioning motherhood anew -as the anchor for a society built on caring, connection and sustaining each other and the earth. 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 .

Powerful - Russell puts forward a compelling argument . . . Mightily encourages dreams of a society where mothering is the most important activity of all . Where the reality of our interconnectedness with each other, with our children, with our frail ones, trumps the hideous bullshit of masculinity lost to the clarion calls of war, genocide and the endless rape of finite resources.

Ruby Russell is a single mum from London, living in Berlin. She has a background in photobook publishing, running participatory storytelling projects, and journalism. For the last decade, she has reported on the ecological crisis.