Book Buzz: Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
“I think that we certainly talk about pregnancy and motherhood and reproductive freedoms. These are conversations that we are having, but within pretty narrow parameters. And what I liked about this idea was the opportunity to talk about some of those issues from a different lens than usual — not least because so many people’s minds are already made up about so many of these ideas, and that means that we can’t really have a conversation. But if we change the lens, if we change the approach, if we change the givens and the parameters that we go in with, then we get to have a conversation.
There’s the whole point of novels.”
― Laurie Frankel, Texas Standard
What booksellers are saying about Enormous Wings
- Never have I read a book with such a situation that is seared in my mind. Laurie Frankel is a genius to have invented a storyline that combines tears of laughter with tears for our current agony.
― Nancy, Bookmiser, Inc., Marietta, Georgia | BUY
- I cannot think of a better title for this deep, extraordinary novel – it is big and bold, thoughtful and wise. It is a powerful story of found family, female agency, growing old and staying young.
― Anderson, Page & Palette, Fairhope, Alabama| BUY
- The magic of Laurie Frankel is that she has a way of presenting all sides of hot button issues with a fairness that brings understanding, if not agreement. She can take an absurd premise–the pregnancy of 77 year old Pepper Mills–and turn it into a thoughtful story
― Amy Dance, The Snail on the Wall, Huntsville, Alabama | BUY
- Pepper Mills is a compelling and vibrant character and I was cheering for her from the start. Ingeniously, this novel manages to be lighthearted and warm while tackling topics which are serious and relevant right now.
― Shan O’Fee-Byrom, Books on Third, Naples, Florida | BUY
About Laurie Frankel
Laurie Frankel is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the novels Family Family, One Two Three, Goodbye for Now, The Atlas of Love, and the Reese’s Book Club Pick This Is How It Always Is. Frankel lives in Seattle with her husband, daughter, and border collie. She makes good soup.
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“When I sat down to write this novel, it ended up going in a completely different direction than what I had intended. I’d originally wanted to write an unrequited love story. As I was writing the first few scenes, I was like, “Oh, these people actually both love each other, so that’s not working. Also, I really feel the need to explore how this character has come to love in this way, and to deny herself love in this way.
“I am obsessed with old Hollywood. I used to love Nick at Night and all the old classic TV shows. I’ve always been fascinated by that, but I’ve also always been fascinated by the fact that we all have a behind-the-scenes. And when I was touring for All the Bright Places, which is a young adult book I wrote years ago, the thing I heard most from my readers was, “Thank you for letting me know that it’s okay to be messy. It’s okay to be me, that, you know, I feel seen, and I matter.” And I just kept thinking about the fact that it’s so sad that so many people, well, all of us actually, have a behind-the-scenes that we aren’t always comfortable showing or sharing with other people. And so I wanted to write something about that. And then I thought, oh, I could combine it with my love for Hollywood because God knows there’s a lot going on behind the scenes there.”
