Laurie Frankel’s hilarious take on aging in Enormous Wings
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
What if your grandmother got pregnant? That’s the premise behind Laurie Frankel’s witty, escapist narrative about an older woman who takes up with her retirement community next-door neighbor and unexpectedly gets more than she bargained for — much to the dismay of her adult children. We spoke about her complete rewrite of the book ("I do not believe a single sentence remains . . . I opened a new document and wrote it completely from scratch . . .”), aging, family, life, and more. As Laurie says, "You don’t have to give up at a certain age.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens. |
| 0:44.6 | Lori Frankel's book, Enormous Wings, is one of my favorites for this whole season. |
| 0:50.3 | I loved it. |
| 0:51.3 | You'll hear me gushing to Lori Frankl about it. |
| 0:53.7 | Lori's previous book, Family Family, was one of my Zibby's book club picks. |
| 0:57.8 | And I just love her as an author because she has the best quick wit, sense of humor, sense of story. |
| 1:04.7 | Her observations about family and relationships are really second to none. |
| 1:08.7 | And I thought that this book, I've talked about it to |
| 1:12.7 | so many people since I've read it, is so original and so good. Anyway, listen to us talk about it. |
| 1:19.3 | Lori's already in New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, not only of family, |
| 1:23.8 | family, but also of one, two, three, goodbye for now, the Atlas of Love, and the Reese's |
| 1:28.8 | book club pick, this is how it always is. Lori lives in Seattle with her husband, daughter, and |
| 1:33.6 | border collie, and I hope you love enormous wings as much as I did. Welcome, Lori. Thank you so much |
| 1:39.5 | for coming back on Totally Buck to talk about enormous wings. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you so much. |
| 1:45.6 | Thank you for having me back. I love to do this podcast. Lori, I loved this book so much. |
| 1:51.7 | I loved it. I like lingered over every sentence. You're so funny. Everything, I mean, the wit, |
| 1:58.7 | not to mention the plot and everything else and the story, but I loved it. |
| 2:03.7 | I just loved it. |
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