Sophie Pattison, 37, is not in a good place: heartbroken, childless, mid-divorce from ‘arsehole’ Paul, with her self-esteem and bank balance low. As her best friend Emma says: ‘You have a lot of love and nobody to take it out on.’ This is Meg Mason’s third work of fiction. Her Sorrow and Bliss (2020)propelled her

Sophie Pattison, 37, is not in a good place: heartbroken, childless, mid-divorce from ‘arsehole’ Paul, with her self-esteem and bank balance low. As her best friend Emma says:…

Five years after the publication of her darkly funny and touching bestseller ‘Sorrow and Bliss’, Meg Mason turns her attention to loneliness and literary obsession in ‘Sophie,…