I was highly intrigued by journalist Meg Mason’s latest novel, especially as it came with a five star recommendation from a close friend. Sorrow and Bliss is a novel that claims to be both sad and funny and it immediately caught my attention. 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. It is too late to get the only thing she has ever wanted. 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.īy the time Martha finds out what is wrong, it doesn’t really matter anymore. Martha told Patrick before they got married that she didn’t want to have children. He says everyone has something, the thing is just to keep going. She knows there is something wrong with her but she doesn’t know what it is. This novel is about a woman called Martha. Meg Mason is a searing talent.’ Kate Leaver, The Friendship Cure I inhaled it in a single weekend, unable to put it down. It was filled with such eviscerating compassion and rage I couldn’t get enough of it. It’s timely and dark and poignant and funny. A brutal, hilarious, compassionate triumph.’ Alison Bell, The Letdown For fans of Sally Rooney, Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Fleabag. Spiky, sharp, intriguingly dark and tender, full of pathos, fury and wit, So rrow and Bliss by Meg Mason is a dazzling, distinctive novel from a boldly talented writer.
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