Book Review: Carla Anne Coroy’s Married Mom, Solo Parent

About the book:

For married women who feel like single parents.

Bookstore shelves are full of parenting resources for moms who are newly divorced or widowed. But where do moms turn if they feel like a single parent--but they’re not? Whether he is away on business, deployed in the military, or obsessing over a computer game, dad may not be available for a variety of reasons. Moms who parent in this situation still need help and don’t necessarily relate to the advice given in divorce recovery or single parenting resources.

Married Mom, Solo Parent is a common-sense, down-to-earth look at the struggles wives and mothers face when their husband is not actively involved in family life. Writing from her own experience as a married single mom, Carla Anne Coroy will help wives and mothers sort through their questions, such as: Can I do this alone? How do I raise kids to honor their father? How do I give my children a healthy perspective of marriage if they never see one in action? With practical suggestions, anecdotes, and biblical teaching, this book will encourage moms to see their position as a high calling, to find healing for their worries and frustrations, and to tap into God’s strength for help in facing the daily challenge of being a married mom, solo parent.

About Carla:


Carla Anne Coroy runs the Married Single Mom blog at www.carlaannecoroy.blog.com. She speaks regularly and serves as a staff writer for an online Christian women’s magazine Mentoring Moments for Christian Women. Carla Anne lives in Canada with her husband and four homeschooled children. For more information, visit www.carlaanne.com

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My Review:
“Married Mom, Solo Parent” in summary is about women whose husbands are frequently absent; be it physically, emotionally or supportive. Therefore the wives end up feeling like a single parent dealing with what feels like the world and their household weighing heavily on their shoulders.

Overall, the book is great. It goes through the emotions and offers advice to help you get through it. The author encourages you to get out there and find other moms in the same situation with whom you can relate to. When you feel yourself drowning, ask for help! Additionally, it suggest simple task such as enlisting your children to help you with small task around the house. The book also provides you with age specific chores for your kids. The author even addresses situations when the family has to adjust to having the father back home. A very well rounded book.

Although the wives may feel like the husband is responsible; we still should support, honor, and pray for him. He will have to answer to God for his actions and we should do our best to answer to our reaction to this situation in the present. Married Mom, Solo Parent is a great book for married “single” parents providing helpful advice, emotional support and leave them feel that they are not alone.

About the party: Come to an encouraging MomChat party on Facebook…you could win a KindleTouch!

To celebrate the release of her new book Carla has partnered with her publisher, Kregel, to host a live MomChat party on Facebook!

The party will wrap up the blog tour and Carla will be hosting an encouraging MomChat about all things mom and wife related. There will also be a fun contest and she’s giving away a KindleTouch and a ton of other fun stuff (books, gift certificates and more!).

So RSVP and then come back on 10/25 at 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern for the party.