This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story

Knowing where your scars come from doesn't make them go away. When Jackie Shannon Hollis marries Bill, a man who does not want children, she joyfully commits to a childless life. But soon after the wedding, she returns to the family ranch in rural Oregon and holds her newborn niece. Jackie falls deep into baby love and longing and begins to question her decision. As she navigates the overlapping roles of wife, daughter, aunt, sister, survivor, counselor, and friend, she explores what it really means to choose a different path. This Particular Happiness delves into the messy and beautiful territory of what we keep and what we abandon to make the space for love.

Author: Jackie Shannon Hollis
Publisher: Forest Avenue Press
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781942436393
ISBN10: 1942436394
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Marriage & Long Term Relationships
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | Motherhood

About the Author
Jackie Shannon Hollis, a lifelong Oregonian, resides with her husband in a home her friends call the tree house. Her education and work as a counselor pushed her to hold up the mirror to her own self. In addition to thinking she would be a mother, she once dreamed of being a June Taylor dancer or a racecar driver.