Copyright © 2024 Nicole Louie
First published in the United Kingdom in 2024 by Dialogue Books, part of Little, Brown Book Group Limited, an Hachette UK company.
First published in Canada in 2024 and the USA in 2024 by House of Anansi Press Inc.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Others like me : the lives of women without children / Nicole Louie.
Names: Louie, Nicole, author.
Description: Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 2024040663X | Canadiana (ebook) 20240406648 |
ISBN 9781487013110 (softcover) | ISBN 9781487013127 (EPUB)
Subjects: LCSH: Childfree choice—Social aspects. | LCSH: Childfree choice—Psychological aspects. | LCSH: Childlessness—Social aspects. |
LCSH: Childlessness—Psychological aspects. | LCSH: Women—Identity—Social aspects. | LCSH: Women—Identity—Psychological aspects.
Classification: LCC HQ755.8 .L68 2024 | DDC 306.87—dc23
Cover design: Emma Rogers
Book design and typesetting: Lucia Kim
Ebook development: Nicole Lambe
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