How to Be a Happy Single Parent

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.

I wish I had this book when I was starting out as a solo mother - I know it will help so many -- Natalie Imbruglia
A brilliant, comforting and much-needed handbook for those navigating the many ups and (some) downs of single parenting -- Helen Thorn bestselling author of Get Divorced, Be Happy
The inclusive guide for everyone whose family doesn't look the way they thought it would. -- James Hunt (@storiesaboutautism)

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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