Karolina Ramqvist

For readers of Rachel Cusk, Lisa Taddeo and the essays of Zadie Smith, Bear Woman is a beautifully wrought memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors. A beautifully written and astonishing memoir of a woman—a writer—in the midst of motherhood, marriage and life. While struggling with the demands of family and career, the writer discovers a figure from history, Marguerite...

Karolina Ramqvist's writing is straight-talking scripture - Heidi Julavits, author of Directions to Myself A moving memoir detailing four generations of women through the food they share. In Bread and Milk, Karolina Ramqvist traces a girlhood through food. She recalls the bag of tangerines devoured in one sitting outside her mother's bedroom, and delighting in the luxury of that extra...