As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline, and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly intense bond with a favourite writer

Meg Mason, the author of bestseller Sorrow and Bliss, returns with Sophie, Standing There, a meta novel about a lonely literary-festival worker’s parasocial relationship with a…

As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline, and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly…