“Whether by choice, circumstance or some combination thereof, these amazing women took different paths than the ones society laid out for them…I wish I could have met each and every one, but this book is the next best thing.”
— Meghan Daum, Creator/Host of The Unspeakable Podcast, Editor, Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers On The Decision Not To Have Kids

“Laura has given us a huge breadth of women who didn’t have children who existed throughout the ages and in so many walks of life.”
— Maxine Trump (no relation), Director, To Kid Or Not to Kid

“…Rather than divide these women based on ‘childfree’ or ‘childless by circumstance,’ Laura Carroll and Nataliia Tonyeva artistically unite women and exemplify a span of womanhood as part of the span of families, collectives, cultures, societies, and the world.”
— Kimya Nuru Dennis, Ph.D., sociologist, educator, and researcher

“…fresh, timely, and fascinating. Her work makes me proud to join that long conga line of fabulous and determined women who know exactly what they want out of their lives—most especially when those lives don’t contain children.”
— Dr. Davinia Thornley, Editor, Childfree across the Disciplines: Academic and Activist Perspectives on Not Choosing Children

“…a needed book.”
— Ann Davidman, co-author of Motherhood Is It For Me? Your Step-by-Step Guide to Clarity