Short stories by Hilma Wolitzer, Roddy Doyle and Penelope Lively

by James Moran

Ninety-one-year-old Hilma Wolitzer’s wonderfully titled Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket (Bloomsbury, £14.99; Tablet price £13.49) is a collection of 13 stories, many of which first appeared in the 1960s, but ending with an affecting tale set during the Covid-19 crisis.

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