Top 10 Single Mothers in Fiction

They often get as rough a ride from books as they do from the world, but some writers, from Jane Austen to Sue Townsend, have given lone parents authentic life beyond the cliches.

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Medea
Sense and Sensibility
Little Women
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Medea
3.7
Sense and Sensibility
3.9
Little Women
4.1
The Pursuit of Love
4.1
Cider with Rosie
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3⁄4
4
About a Boy
3.7
One Plus One
Little Fires Everywhere
3.9
The Vanishing Half
4.4

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