Amanda and Eva chat with Domenica Ruta, author of All the Mothers, about a new dialectic in motherhood, the specific anxieties of single moms, and the necessity of single mom communities. She also explores the trials of the family court system and the realities of what those minefields can mean for single moms.

Domenica’s latest book, All the Mothers, is a novel that follows three single mothers in New York whose kids share the same deadbeat father. The protagonists Sandy, Stephanie, and Kaya eventually meet and begin to redefine family structure as single mothers. As they try to stay afloat financially while raising their children, and as these children grow and change, the father, Justin, creates numerous roadblocks and conflict along the way. Overall, this novel is real and funny, all while aptly narrating the intense struggles of single mothers, who are often judged for not maintaining the status quo.

Domenica Ruta is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoir With or Without You and the novel The Last Day. She teaches in the creative writing program at Sarah Lawrence College, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The American Scholar, Oprah online, and many others.

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