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A review by bhaywood
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings
5.0
The Women Could Fly is in some ways a fairly simple parable. A gendered McCarthyism and a literal witch-hunt, but the writing elevates it to a compelling page-turner you won’t want to put down.
It’s not subtle, but it doesn’t have to be because its main character isn’t.
Josephine is a woman who has never mastered the ability to grit her teeth and go with the flow with a smile. She can’t blindly follow.
That lived-in perspective buoys this book and makes you want to keep reading, not because you don’t know the lesson it’s trying to convey, but because you need to know if Jo will make it out alive.
It’s not subtle, but it doesn’t have to be because its main character isn’t.
Josephine is a woman who has never mastered the ability to grit her teeth and go with the flow with a smile. She can’t blindly follow.
That lived-in perspective buoys this book and makes you want to keep reading, not because you don’t know the lesson it’s trying to convey, but because you need to know if Jo will make it out alive.