Two new novels riff on fairy tales to explore mothers with unusual hungers and daughters trying to survive them.

The Finnish writer Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel.

I sat at the dining-room table, with a clear view of the sitting room. Madam Bedi settled herself on a white sofa, and the ...

The book also contains anecdotes about the death of her partner and revelations about her mother, a gifted painter who ...