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Single Mothers in Fiction / Memoir - Penguin Books Article

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On the Come Up (Angie Thomas)
On the Come Up
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Angie Thomas
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
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Celeste Ng
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
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Emma Donoghue
My Mum Tracy Beaker (Jacqueline Wilson)
My Mum Tracy Beaker
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Jacqueline Wilson
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce
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James M. Cain
Single Mother: The Emergence of the Domestic Intellectual (Jane Juffer)
Single Mother: The Emergence of the Domestic Intellectual
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Jane Juffer
The Backward Shadow (Lynne Reid Banks)
The Backward Shadow
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Lynne Reid Banks
The L-Shaped Room (Lynne Reid Banks)
The L-Shaped Room
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Lynne Reid Banks
Two Is Lonely (Lynne Reid Banks)
Two Is Lonely
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Lynne Reid Banks
The Millstone (Margaret Drabble)
The Millstone
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Margaret Drabble
Riot Days (Maria Alyokhina)
Riot Days
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Maria Alyokhina
Poor Cow (Nell Dunn)
Poor Cow
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Nell Dunn
Up the Junction (Nell Dunn)
Up the Junction
13
Nell Dunn
The Mistake I Made (Paula Daly)
The Mistake I Made
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Paula Daly
The Hungover Games (Sophie Heawood)
The Hungover Games
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Sophie Heawood
Mr Bevans' Dream: Why Britain Needs Its Welfare State (Sue Townsend)
Mr Bevans' Dream: Why Britain Needs Its Welfare State
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Sue Townsend
Territory of Light (Yūko Tsushima)
Territory of Light
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Yūko Tsushima
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