Reviews

  • The Oregonian —“This Particular Happiness, A Memoir About Passing Up Motherhood is Honest, Open and Compelling.” Read the review from Scott F. Parker.

  • Buzzfeed — Lists This Particular Happiness among 15 books from indie publishers to read in 2020.

  • Heavy Feather Review — “Alternating between these two timelines shouldn’t work as well as it does. . . . but Hollis makes it look natural. In fact, the alternation adds tension to both narrative lines, and makes This Particular Happiness a difficult book to leave off reading.” Read the full review from Katharine Coldiron.

  • Contemporary Psychotherapy — “This honest account, lightly written without any self-pity, is exciting and joyous, being full of interesting potential and possibilities for every therapist to consider.” Read the full review from Lorraine Quinn.

  • She Reads — The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019. See the list which includes This Particular Happiness.

  • ShannonLitt — Five Books to Read if You’re Unsure About Having Children. “Intimately explores the pressures many women face when it comes to motherhood: from society, from ourselves, and especially from our own mothers.”

  • Georgia Public Radio — This Particular Happiness is recommended on “Great Winter Reads from Independent Booksellers.”

  • Gateway Women — This Particular Happiness is recommended as one of “Twelve Books of Christmas: for your childless friends (or yourself!).” See the list here.

  • My Edmonds News — “A Childless Love Story offers food for thought about parenthood.” Read the review from Wendy Kendall.

  • The Big Smoke America — “Life is messy and we don’t often get these moments that linger in books . . . .” Read the review from Joseph Edwin Haeger.

  • Eugene Scene — “This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story examines Oregon author’s decison to forgo having children.” Read the review from Daniel Buckwalter.

  • Life in the Slow Lane — Sherrey Meyer’s Review of This Particular Happiness.

  • The East Oregonian — Motherhood or Not, That is the Question.

  • Simple(ish) Preeti — Review of This Particular Happiness.

  • The Road Less Traveled — “This book is beautifully and honestly written.” Read the review.

  • Childless by Marriage — “Even people with children and grandchildren will enjoy the book, because it’s a good story. Read Sue Fagalde Lick’s full review.

  • Seaside Signal — “View from the Porch: Celebrating artists and authors in Seaside.” Read the story here.