ENORMOUS WINGS by Laurie Frankel

A woman becoming pregnant at 77 years old seems far-fetched, but maybe it’s possible if a cancer drug she took in her forties also extended her fertility for a few more decades?  Pepper finds herself in this unlikely position after becoming sexually involved with Moth, a man who lives next door to her in a senior living facility.  What follows is partly a jab at anti-abortionists who won’t make an exception for a septuagenarian.  Pepper makes a valid point that they are obsessed with saving the fetus’s life, whether it is viable or not outside the womb, with no consideration for the mother or even for the baby’s welfare after it is born.  Except for these fanatical right-wingers and the paparazzi, the characters in this book are all good people with Pepper’s best interests at heart, especially a delightfully irreverent Episcopal priest.  The big question here is whether or not Pepper will carry her baby to term, and, if she does, will mother and baby both be healthy.  However, there’s one big unforeseen calamity that throws Pepper into a different sort of jam with potentially disastrous consequences.  Don’t expect great literature here, but some hilarious quips are bound to elicit at least a chuckle.