Single by chance, mothers by choice : how women are choosing parenthood without marriage and creating the new American family / [electronic resource] Rosanna Hertz. Hertz, Rosanna. Families United States. Single mothers United States. Middle class women United States. HQ536 .H48 2006 306.8743208622 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. How do women juggle earning a paycheck with parenting? What creative ways have women devised to shore up these families? How do they incorporate men into their child-centered families? This book provides answers to all these questions, offering an account of how middle class women have managed to make single parenthood work for them. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006. 2006 Text 1 online resource (xx, 273 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195179903.001.0001 eng United States. United States. United States.