Sorrow and bliss
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A dazzling novel about modern love up against the confusing, sad aches of mental illness - with all its highs, lows, humour and misery.
Meg Mason Livres
L'œuvre de Meg Mason explore les complexités des relations humaines et les paysages émotionnels de ses personnages. Sa prose est reconnue pour son esprit vif et ses explorations perspicaces de la psyché humaine. Elle façonne ses personnages avec précision, révélant leurs luttes intérieures et entraînant les lecteurs dans de profondes réflexions sur la vie et les liens. Son style est à la fois élégant et direct, ce qui lui permet de toucher un large public.
EVENING STANDARD'S 'BEST FICTION BOOKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2022' What do you do, when you find the perfect family... ...and it's not yours? 'Rare and delightful . . . A beautifully crafted novel about female relationships. I couldn't put this book down' Marie Claire The only thing Abi ever wanted was a proper family. So when she falls pregnant by an Australian exchange student in London, she cannot pack up her old life in Croydon fast enough, to start all over in Sydney and make her own family. It is not until she arrives, with three-week-old Jude in tow, that Abi realises Stu is not quite ready to be a father after all. And he is the only person she knows in this hot, dazzling, confusing city, where the job of making friends is turning out to be harder than she thought. That is, until she meets Phyllida, her wealthy, charming, imperious older neighbour, and they become almost like mother and daughter. If only Abi had not told Phil that teeny tiny small lie, the very first day they met...
