Raises…questions that feel neither far-fetched nor far off. Feminist and bioethical themes threaded through a fast-paced…plot.

[T]hemes of morality and conspiracy abound, giving readers much to ponder…a great book-group read.

… funny, sad, scary, thoughtful and essential for anyone who has ever said of a working mother, “I don’t know how she does it.”

In Mother of Invention, a provocative and thrilling experiment turns into a profound exploration of what it means to be a parent in this ever-changing world, questioning the very nature of time and our obsession with it.

Caeli Wolfson Widger’s vision of our reproductive future is smart, original, and provocative — and manages to be a page-turner too. Mother of Invention is a refreshingly of-the-moment novel, and is sure to be a talker.

Supremely entertaining and equally intelligent, readers will be up all night turning the pages of Caeli Wolfson Widger’s prescient novel, enchanted by its heroine, ambitious biotech game changer, who shatters the definition of womanhood as we know it, soaring past the question, “Can a woman have it all?

Exuberant and smartly plotted, Widger’s latest novel takes readers to a plausible near future where Silicon Valley and other forces partner for control over women’s reproductive rights, with an unexpected assist from a lauded feminist. Chilling and perceptive, you won’t be able to put it down.