Danielle Wood's tart take on motherhood in 'Mothers Grimm'

By Linda Morris
Updated September 11 2014 - 10:18am, first published August 31 2014 - 12:15am
Riffing on fairy tales: Danielle Wood and her dog Scout.
Riffing on fairy tales: Danielle Wood and her dog Scout.

In the dark fairytales of the Grimm Brothers the good mother is dead, superseded in the affections of fathers by cruel stepmothers, forever absent from their children's lives.