A review by jfbfsf
We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

3.0

The story is appealing/interesting enough, and it's local, which gives it a little extra appeal. But there's so much drama that all wraps up so neatly. The overall effect was to feel a little like YA, or literature light - people have problems, but there's no real reason to worry, because everything will work out, regardless of how unlikely such a resolution might be in real life. Even the main character's concerns about/disinterest in motherhood is magically resolved when her own mother leaves her, suddenly.
Her first book, the Language of Flowers, felt more nuanced to me.