Three women writers from three Scandinavian countries talk about the destinies of their compatriots and contemporaries. The culminating moment in a woman’s life—the birth of a child—is discussed in Deja Trier Mörk’s novel “Winter Children.” Marie Osmundsen in “Good Deeds” talks about the problems of a very young woman who has barely entered into life. The heroine of Gerda Antti (“Earthly Concerns”), a wise mother and grandmother, philosophically comprehends the world around her. After reading this book, our readers, and readers too, will learn a lot about the daily life of our “exemplary” northern neighbors and, in addition, will be convinced that they “there” and we “here” are often concerned about the same problems.