Solo Mum by Choice by Lorena Otes

When dating failed. Motherhood didn’t.

Solo Mum by Choice is an intimate, funny, and fiercely honest memoir about one woman’s journey to motherhood—without a partner, but with unwavering determination.

After a string of failed relationships, Lorena Otes stumbles upon the growing community of women choosing to have children on their own. What follows is a deeply personal ride through IVF heartbreaks, bizarre alternative therapies, and medical mayhem—told with warmth, grit, and sharp self-awareness.

Both tender and laugh-out-loud, Solo Mum by Choice is a love story between a woman and the child she refuses to give up on.

2024 Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize Runner-Up