single mom club

[susanna76]

Hi there,

I'm writing a short essay about the book About a Boy by Nick Hornby. In the book, one of the characters, Will, a thirty-six-year-old, invents a two-year-old son in order to lure in moms at a single mom club. So my question is, how do I say "single mom club" in French?

Thank you!

 

[Micia93]

simply "un club de femmes célibataires" ?

 

[susanna76]

Hi Micia93, that's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. Thank you!

 

[Fred_C]

"un club de femmes mères célibataires"

 

[vsop44]

They used to be called filles mère back in the 50's and 60's ... un club de filles mère ?

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=425128

 

[susanna76]

Hi vsop44 and thank you: filles-mère is a construction I wasn't aware of. It will come in handy is other contexts but here I need something that doesn't have that connotation of "too young to have a child."
So I'll go with "un club de femmes mères célibataires" -- thank you, Fred_C, for correcting that: it's mères, indeed.

 

[Micia93]

don't say "femmes mères célibataires" but "mères célibataires" as Fred pointed out

 

[susanna76]

Hi again, that's what I meant, but the line from Fred_C's post didn't show in mine. Thanks! How do I cross out a word, anyway?

 

[Fred_C]

How do I cross out a word, anyway?

Type [/S] after your word, and before it.

 

[susanna76]

K. Thank you, Fred!