Single Mother on the Verge

By Maria Roberts

Maria is twenty-nine years old. She is a single mother and lives on a council estate in Manchester. She's also a chronic day-dreamer. One day she'd like to marry a beautiful man with a huge income to look after her and Jack her nine-year-old son.

The only problem is that her current boyfriend Rhodri a chickpea-loving vegan eco-warrior has turned his back on career ladders. Neither does he believe in monogamy. And so Maria finds herself unexpectedly juggling one two three lovers . . .

When Damien Jack's abusive father who threatened more times than Maria cares to remember to kill her makes an unwelcome reappearance she gets a wake-up call. Will Maria find a wonderful father figure for Jack by the time she turns thirty?

A surprisingly humorous memoir with heartbreaking and unexpected moments Single Mother on the Verge is a seductive and extremely touching read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141037776
• ISBN13: 9780141037776
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"