Honouring women who are childless by circumstance, these first-person stories describe their emotional responses and under-discussed grief. While exploring their sense of loss, the book also presents the hopefulness and positivity of the women interviewed and the alternative routes their lives have taken.

Grief counsellor and researcher Lois Tonkin interviews women who are childless by circumstance, exploring the adaptations and changing goals and expectations of this cross-section of ages and backgrounds approaching the situation.