6/4/2023 0 Comments Review sorrow and blissOr 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. We talked in detail about mental illness, the choice to be a mother (or not), family love and alcoholism, as well as debating Martha’s character in great detail. 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. Review 7: This is a very cleverly constructed story and, whilst eminently readable, Sorrow and Bliss deals with some profound and complex issues. 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. It is by telling her story that Martha begins to understand the truths that can save her, and to work her. She knows there is something wrong with her but she doesn’t know what it is. In the end, Sorrow and Bliss is a coming-of-age story, if you can come of age at 40. This novel is about a woman called Martha. For fans of Sally Rooney, Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Fleabag. 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.
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