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Sorrow and Bliss

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The extraordinary and unforgettable international bestselling novel, shortlisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction

by Meg Mason
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/09/2020
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Spiky, sharp, intriguingly dark and tender, full of pathos, fury and wit, Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason is a dazzling, distinctive novel from a boldly talented writer. For fans of Sally Rooney, Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Fleabag.

This novel is about a woman called Martha. She knows there is something wrong with her but she doesn't know what it is. Her husband Patrick thinks she is fine. He says everyone has something, the thing is just to keep going.

Martha told Patrick before they got married that she didn't want to have children. He said he didn't mind either way because he has loved her since he was fourteen and making her happy is all that matters, although he does not seem able to do it.

By the time Martha finds out what is wrong, it doesn't really matter anymore. It is too late to get the only thing she has ever wanted. Or maybe it will turn out that you can stop loving someone and start again from nothing - if you can find something else to want.

The book is set in London and Oxford. It is sad and funny.

ISBN:
9781460757222
9781460757222
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-09-2020
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
234x153x27mm
Weight:
0.43kg

'A triumph. A brutal, hilarious, compassionate triumph.'
Alison Bell, The Letdown

''I just adored this book. It's timely and dark and poignant and funny. It was filled with such eviscerating compassion and rage; I couldn't get enough of it. I inhaled it in a single weekend, unable to put it down. Meg Mason is a searing talent.'
Kate Leaver, The Friendship Cure

'This is a romance, true, but a real one ... as devastating and sharply witty as Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag.'
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Meg Mason

Born in New Zealand, writer Meg Mason began her career at the Financial Times in London before switching to The Times to write on lifestyle, parenting and humour.

After relocating to Sydney, she began writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, Russh, the British Medical Journal, Cosmopolitan and Gq.

She now writes regular features and the popular 'Mum vs. World 'column for Sunday , where she served as managing editor in 2010. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters.

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Another book recommended by a friend. I cannot understand why a book has to be completely without hope or lightness. What is it about modern literature that means we all have to live in a state of depression. Surely there must be some people who can rise above their limitations and achieve, if not greatness, at least a modicum of success. Nope. Not in this book.

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