This Mother's Day, many of us will also be thinking about our grandmothers, great-grandmothers and ancestors. The connection between grandmother and grandchild is at the heart of "Memory Garden," ...

First, a caveat: "The Memory of Love," Aminatta Forna's elegantly rendered novel of loss and rehabilitation in the aftermath of Sierra Leone's long civil war, is far better than its title suggests.

The Memory of Babel, the Mirror Visitor Book 3 by Christelle Dabos, translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle; Europa Editions, 447 pages ($20). Ages 12 and up. Prepare to be dazzled, yet again, ...

These books aren’t just stories—they're interrogations of storytelling itself. They challenge the reader to question what we ...