cover image Still Going It Alone: Mothering with Faith and Finesse When the Children Have Grown

Still Going It Alone: Mothering with Faith and Finesse When the Children Have Grown

Michele Howe, . . Hendrickson, $14.95 (126pp) ISBN 978-1-59856-241-5

Howe (a reviewer for PW ) wrote her first book, Going It Alone , for newly divorced moms who faced raising their young children alone. Now she helps mothers take steps farther down the road as children leave the nest and begin families of their own. “It is my hope and prayer that this book offers single moms a safe place—a community—where they find rest and renewed hope, strength, and shelter,” the author says. She addresses many unique challenges facing single moms as they enter a new phase of life: an empty house, helping young adult children set goals and building new relationships with them, in-laws, new career options, finances, grandparenting and more. Her chapters on caring for elderly parents and aging are especially helpful. Howe laces her book with real-life stories and adds hands-on action steps in each chapter’s “Ready, Set, Adjust!” sections. Chapters also include a prayer and final thought taken from a pertinent book. Howe targets an audience not often aimed at and hits it dead on. (Dec.)