"Others Like Me: The Lives of Women without Children" by Nicole Louie has been on my radar since it was published in North America a few months ago. (Katy Seppi will be interviewing the author in a Childless Collective event later this month.)
Louie is childfree by choice, and has known since she was fairly young that she was not interested in having children. Driven by an insatiable curiosity about the lives of "others like me" -- and struggling with others' acceptance of her decision (or lack thereof...!) -- she interviewed dozens of childfree and childless women from around the world about their personal stories. The book cleverly interweaves Louie's own story with those of 14 of the women she spoke with.
Louie was born in Brazil and spent her childhood there, but has lived all over the world, including Sweden, the U.K. and Ireland (where she now resides), and her interview subjects also come from diverse backgrounds. This gives the book a multicultural flavour that I really enjoyed!
I loved how the book ended, with these words (and I don't think I'm giving anything away here...!):
It's the uterus that is empty.
Not you.
Not your life.
4 stars on Goodreads and StoryGraph.
This was Book #1 read to date in 2025 (and Book #1 finished in January), bringing me to 2% of my 2025 Goodreads Reading Challenge goal of 45 books. I am (for the moment, anyway...!) on track to meet my goal. :) You can find reviews of all my books read to date in 2025 tagged as "2025 books."
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