A piercing social commentary reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Octavia Butler—from the acclaimed author of Lakewood—about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her “Born of a radical imagination and executed with piercing elegance and skill, The Women Could Fly recalls legendary works of dystopian fiction but casts a spell all its own. Giddings is a rare and utterly original voice bridging the speculative and the all-too-real.”—Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun “It can be tempting to read The Women Could Fly, which comes in the shadow of the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and call the book timely. But the relationship at the heart of this novel—between Jo and her mercurial mother—is much closer to timeless.”—New York Times