Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel (2026), 304 pages
I wasn't sure what to expect with
this book: a seventy-seven-year-old women suddenly find herself pregnant (?!?!?!).
Pepper has recently moved into a
retirement home, found her people, and then found herself pregnant. What to do?
I won't give spoilers, but that is a lot of the book. I liked the parts with
her new friends in the retirement home, her family, and understanding aging and
all that it entails. What I did not care for were the long, lecturing sections
on a woman’s right to choose. Additionally, another person's surprise
pregnancy is introduced and it feels very contrived by the author to further
make her points about body autonomy. I agree with a lot of her arguments, it
just did not make for an enjoyable read.
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