Solo Mum by Choice

Name: Solo Mum by Choice
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ISBN: 9781923105607

Lorena Otes

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Woodslane
16 May 2026

Prose: non-fiction; Biography - Australian

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.

By: Lorena Otes
Imprint: Woodslane
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781923105607
ISBN 10: 1923105604
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 16 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Lorena Otes is a writer and debut author of Solo Mum By Choice (previously Round After Round), which placed runner-up in the Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize 2024. Her work has appeared in Feels Blind Literary, The Brussels Review, Mamamia, Bounty Parents, Witcraft Magazine and Defenestration Literary Humour Magazine, and her flash fiction has been longlisted in several national competitions. A classical and contemporary dance teacher, Bonnie Tyler fan, motorbike enthusiast, and avid reader, Lorena is also a proud solo mum by choice to her dinosaur-loving five-year-old daughter.