As a farm girl in eastern Oregon, feeding bottles to bummer lambs and babysitting her little sister, Jackie Shannon Hollis expected to become a mother someday. After a series of failed relationships, she met Bill, the man she wanted to spend her life with. But he was a man who never wanted children. Saying I do meant saying I don't to a rite of passage her body had prepared her for since puberty. Told in short nonlinear chapters, This Particular Happiness explores the fracturing of female identity as Shannon Hollis questions her childless decision, navigates her roles as daughter and wife and…mehr
As a farm girl in eastern Oregon, feeding bottles to bummer lambs and babysitting her little sister, Jackie Shannon Hollis expected to become a mother someday. After a series of failed relationships, she met Bill, the man she wanted to spend her life with. But he was a man who never wanted children. Saying I do meant saying I don't to a rite of passage her body had prepared her for since puberty. Told in short nonlinear chapters, This Particular Happiness explores the fracturing of female identity as Shannon Hollis questions her childless decision, navigates her roles as daughter and wife and sister and friend, and ultimately learns to listen to her own heart. This debut memoir is about what we keep and what we abandon to make space in our lives 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.
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I. THE SHOUT OF MOTHERHOOD 1. THE WOMAN THINGS 2. WE PRACTICED, WE PRETENDED 3. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 4. FLICKER SHADOWS 5. THIS UNLOOSED THING 6. A PLACE TO SLIP THROUGH 7. THE KNOWING WAS IN ME 8. A PLACE FOR A GIRL 9. LEAVING DOESN T MEAN IT S GONE FROM YOU II. MAYBE THIS WILL MAKE ME HAPPY 10. FALLING APART 11. THE MAN HE WILL BE 12. THINGS TO DO WHEN I FALL APART 13. IMPORTANT THINGS TO TELL YOUR DAUGHTERS 14. LIKE A BADGE, LIKE A STAR 15. THE MUDDY GROUND 16. CLEARLY, BOLDLY, NO APOLOGIES 17. LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING 18. RED DAYS CIRCLED 19. ANOTHER THING TO DO WHEN I FALL APART 20. GET A GLOW ON 21. LEFT AS IT WAS IT WOULD COME APART 22. THE LAST THING TO DO WHEN I FALL APART 23. THIS IMPORTANT WEIGHT 24. SHINY BOWS OF BLUE AND SILVER 25. HIS PLACE OF BETTER SUNSETS 26. LIKE AN UNASKED PRAYER 27. SECRETS AND CALCULATIONS 28. HIS DREAM CHILD 29. THE QUESTION OF MY FUTURE 30. PRECIOUS THINGS 31. RED INK AND SIDE NOTES 32. ON THE WAY TO A GROWN-UP LIFE 33. FAULT LINE 34. THINGS THAT COME IN THREES 35. STAND UP AND CARRY ON 36. LIGHT IN THE CHAPEL 37. ROOTS TOOK HOLD AND RAN THE LENGTH OF MY BODY 38. OTHER PEOPLE S CHILDREN 39. CRAZY MAZES 40. THE TIMING WAS RIGHT, I WAS ALMOST SURE III. A FULL STOP AT THE CORNER 41. WHAT WE KNEW BY NOW 42. THE THINGS PEOPLE THINK 43. THE SYMBOLS OF MY NAME 44. THIS WAS NEW, THIS WAS SCARY, I WANTED MORE 45. AN UGLY, MESSY, HURTFUL THING 46. CONDITIONAL SURRENDER 47. THE PLACE WHERE UNGIVEN LOVE IS HELD 48. THE HEART OF A WITNESS 49. ALL OUT, ALL IN, ALL OVER 50. NO BELTS FOR SAFETY 51. A FULL STOP AT THE CORNER IV. WHAT COMES WHEN WANTING STOPS 52. MAKE A LIST 53. A WHOLE LOT OF PERFECTION 54. MAYBE A LOVE SOUND, MAYBE A HEARTBREAK 55. THE TURN TO MY HOUSE 56. LANGUAGE I COULD SPEAK SO EASILY 57. THE DAYS OF EASY FALLING 58. HOW EASILY I COULD HURT 59. IN A NEW COUNTRY 60. I DO, NO MATTER WHAT 61. WHAT COMES WHEN WANTING STOPS 62. THE BALANCE OF THINGS 63. THAT LOVE WAS A MEMORY, TOO 64. THIS MOMENT 65. FAULTS CRACKED OPEN 66. THIS PARTICULAR HAPPINESS 67. TEMPORARY ALLOGRAFT 68. MOST OF THE TIME, THIS IS ENOUGH 69. TINY TADPOLES OF LIFE 70. A CURE FOR HIVES 71. BABYLAND
I. THE SHOUT OF MOTHERHOOD 1. THE WOMAN THINGS 2. WE PRACTICED, WE PRETENDED 3. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 4. FLICKER SHADOWS 5. THIS UNLOOSED THING 6. A PLACE TO SLIP THROUGH 7. THE KNOWING WAS IN ME 8. A PLACE FOR A GIRL 9. LEAVING DOESN T MEAN IT S GONE FROM YOU II. MAYBE THIS WILL MAKE ME HAPPY 10. FALLING APART 11. THE MAN HE WILL BE 12. THINGS TO DO WHEN I FALL APART 13. IMPORTANT THINGS TO TELL YOUR DAUGHTERS 14. LIKE A BADGE, LIKE A STAR 15. THE MUDDY GROUND 16. CLEARLY, BOLDLY, NO APOLOGIES 17. LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING 18. RED DAYS CIRCLED 19. ANOTHER THING TO DO WHEN I FALL APART 20. GET A GLOW ON 21. LEFT AS IT WAS IT WOULD COME APART 22. THE LAST THING TO DO WHEN I FALL APART 23. THIS IMPORTANT WEIGHT 24. SHINY BOWS OF BLUE AND SILVER 25. HIS PLACE OF BETTER SUNSETS 26. LIKE AN UNASKED PRAYER 27. SECRETS AND CALCULATIONS 28. HIS DREAM CHILD 29. THE QUESTION OF MY FUTURE 30. PRECIOUS THINGS 31. RED INK AND SIDE NOTES 32. ON THE WAY TO A GROWN-UP LIFE 33. FAULT LINE 34. THINGS THAT COME IN THREES 35. STAND UP AND CARRY ON 36. LIGHT IN THE CHAPEL 37. ROOTS TOOK HOLD AND RAN THE LENGTH OF MY BODY 38. OTHER PEOPLE S CHILDREN 39. CRAZY MAZES 40. THE TIMING WAS RIGHT, I WAS ALMOST SURE III. A FULL STOP AT THE CORNER 41. WHAT WE KNEW BY NOW 42. THE THINGS PEOPLE THINK 43. THE SYMBOLS OF MY NAME 44. THIS WAS NEW, THIS WAS SCARY, I WANTED MORE 45. AN UGLY, MESSY, HURTFUL THING 46. CONDITIONAL SURRENDER 47. THE PLACE WHERE UNGIVEN LOVE IS HELD 48. THE HEART OF A WITNESS 49. ALL OUT, ALL IN, ALL OVER 50. NO BELTS FOR SAFETY 51. A FULL STOP AT THE CORNER IV. WHAT COMES WHEN WANTING STOPS 52. MAKE A LIST 53. A WHOLE LOT OF PERFECTION 54. MAYBE A LOVE SOUND, MAYBE A HEARTBREAK 55. THE TURN TO MY HOUSE 56. LANGUAGE I COULD SPEAK SO EASILY 57. THE DAYS OF EASY FALLING 58. HOW EASILY I COULD HURT 59. IN A NEW COUNTRY 60. I DO, NO MATTER WHAT 61. WHAT COMES WHEN WANTING STOPS 62. THE BALANCE OF THINGS 63. THAT LOVE WAS A MEMORY, TOO 64. THIS MOMENT 65. FAULTS CRACKED OPEN 66. THIS PARTICULAR HAPPINESS 67. TEMPORARY ALLOGRAFT 68. MOST OF THE TIME, THIS IS ENOUGH 69. TINY TADPOLES OF LIFE 70. A CURE FOR HIVES 71. BABYLAND
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