Andrea Walker has written for The New Yorker, Bookforum, and the Times Literary Supplement.

Feminine Mystique

Jenny Offill’s second novel, 15 years in the making, looks at how a mother’s life can keep her from ever writing her second novel.

Psyched Out

In the tradition of recent psychological thrillers, Fiona McFarlane’s new novel The Night Guest unwraps the breakdown of a woman’s mind. Andrea Walker raves.