single mothers

Presents a novel about Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little sister, and mother who move into the Irish slum district of Albany, New York after his father abandons them and their struggles to survive amidst the unemployment and poverty of the depression and war years.

Rose Nelson, having retreated from life after the death of her teenaged son five years earlier, is drawn out of her self-imposed exile when young mother Opal Gates moves in next door with her five-year-old, Zack.

Tangy Mae, the darkest of ten children born to Rozelle Quinn, an abusive and controlling woman, struggles to earn her education and win her freedom from her mother who wants Tangy to quit school and go to work in a local brothel.

Studies the economic life of single mothers on welfare and in low-paying jobs, and argues that while women who hold jobs do have more income, they are less able to make ends meet due to the increased costs of child care, transportation, and other expenses.

Young Haley Fordham witnessed the murder of her mother. To protect, and deal with, their witness, the police call in child advocate Anne Leone. But the clues that they uncover bring Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer.

When their mother is taken seriously ill, Sharon, Drogan, and Cassie must decide who will abandon their successful career and take over her work at The Woodmore Times, an influential African-American newspaper, and when timid Sharon steps up to the challenge, she gains self-confidence and newfound love, despite her sibling's mistrust and jealousy.

With her neighborhood in decline following the Watts riots and the devastation of Reaganomics and her family divided by secrets, violence, and identity crises, Camille Broussard hopes to use her love of family and of cooking to bring everyone back together by opening a restaurant and enlisting her family to help get the enterprise on its feet.