In a message dated 8/2/99 10:41:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, AnnaLew@worldnet.att.net writes: << And then I realize - she's a fictional character. It's not like I can go interview her and find all this out. I can only speculate. So, hey, pregnancy was one speculation. I'm sure three years from now when I reread, I'll come up with something else. And it'll keep happening every time I reread it, I suppose. I'll try not to take it so far next time! :) Anna >> Oh, yeah, a good bit of my opinion was based upon what's in Zooey...so if you only read Franny that may be a different story. I originally read the two together as one story, and they weren't originally published that way, I don't think. So I've always been a bit biased :) Jim