A01=Jackie Shannon Hollis
acceptance
aging
Author_Jackie Shannon Hollis
babies
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childfree
childless
childlessness
children
companionship
complex
desire
discovery
divorce
drama
dramatic
emotional
engaging
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family
farm life
friendship
grief
happiness
identity
intimate
loss
love
marriage
memoir
men and women
motherhood
nonparent
parenting
personal memoirs
puberty
realistic
reciprocity
romance
sacrifice
sadness
sixties
wisdom
womens bodies
Product details
- ISBN 9781942436393
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 14 Nov 2019
- Publisher: Forest Avenue Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
