Single Motherhood: The Real Deal, is a book you must read if you want to fully understand the world of a single mother. You will learn what the author and other single mothers have to over come in life. Your eyes will open to the real meaning of being a single mother. Spencer takes readers from choices of a single mother, to the welfare system, which strives to break them. She depicts baby daddies-who belittle and brain wash them-and everything from dating, to responsibility to self-doubt. Single motherhood might break down every fiber of your being, pushing your back to the wall while digging yourself out a bottomless pit, but Spencer wants to help you navigate through it.