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How to Be a Happy Single Parent

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How to Be a Happy Single Parent is a compassionate and practical guide for those embarking on the journey of single parenthood. Drawing on Zoe Desmond's personal experience and her work founding the Frolo app, the book addresses common concerns faced by single parents from all walks of life. It offers step-by-step advice on surviving the initial weeks, managing legal and co-parenting challenges, seeking support, and exploring dating and work-life balance, helping readers to not only cope but thrive.

This book is a supportive companion for all single parents — whether co-parents, widows, solo mums and dads by choice, adopters, or those considering single parenthood — empowering them to envision and create a joyful life that may look different from what they once imagined.
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This book is ideal for single parents at any stage of their journey, including those newly navigating single parenthood, individuals preparing for it, and friends or family looking to support someone in this role.

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Advice for single parents has long been about making do, How to Be a Happy Single Parent is the book that gives practical, actionable advice for building a life that works for you whether you're newly-single, about-to-be-single, widow-or-widower, or single-and-considering-becoming-a-solo-parent-by-choice-parent needs

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Your guide to building a life that's full of joy as a single parent

Through her own experience of becoming a single parent and in her work founding the leading single parent app Frolo, Zoe Desmond heard the same questions over and over again and found that while backgrounds and family setups may vary, single parents everywhere share many of the same concerns. The community she founded has helped thousands of people find a way to not just survive, but thrive, and this book will do the same for you.

How to Be a Happy Single Parent will help you build a life that is right for you, and your children. From surviving the first few weeks to moving on, through legal matters, co-parenting negotiations or finding a helping hand as a solo parent and into dating and navigating work, this book will take you step-by-step through the first few days, weeks, months and years of your new life.

This book is for all single parents: the co-parents, the widow/ers, the solo mums and dads by choice, the solo adopters, and the would-be single parents. It is the book people will pick up when they think 'How am I going to do this?'. And the book you'll hand your best friend when they say 'I need to leave, but I don't know how'. It is the book that will give you hope (and practical guidance) when you're feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of what you are navigating.

Tackle the overwhelm and hurdles of single parenthood head on, and give yourself permission to imagine a life that looks different to the one you thought you'd have... and happier than you'd ever thought possible.

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Praised by Natalie Imbruglia as a vital resource for solo mothers, and Helen Thorn as a "brilliant, comforting and much-needed handbook", this book is celebrated for its inclusive and hopeful approach. James Hunt highlights its value for those whose family structures differ from expectations, making it an accessible and affirming guide.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349436012

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Piatkus Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 362g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Rebecca Cox is single mother to son Jack and founder of The Single Mother Edit. She is a journalist whose writing has been published by Elle, Glamour, Country & Town House, Vogue.com and more. Her pieces on single motherhood have featured in publications including The Evening Standard, Grazia and Harper's Bazaar.

Zoe Desmond is single mother to Billy and Founder and CEO of Frolo, the award-winning app for single parents, which features both community and dating modes, and supports and empowers single parents. Frolo has been featured widely throughout the media - Grazia, Sky News, Hello Magazine, The Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Irish Times, has won Social Media app of the Year at the UK APP Awards, 2021 and is a multi-time editor's favourite on the app store.

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