{"product_id":"sorrow-and-bliss-by-mason-meg","title":"Sorrow and bliss by Mason Meg","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781474622998\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHACHETTE INTL, March 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e368 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE BOOK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just read it. It's unforgettable'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIndia Knight, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is impossible to read this novel and not be moved. It is also impossible not to laugh out loud... Extraordinary'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of snappy one-liners but, at the same time, remarkably poignant'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCraig Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Probably the best book you'll read this year'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Completely brilliant. I think every girl and woman should read it'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGillian Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exactly the book to read right now, when you need a laugh, but want to cry'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most wonderful, heartbreakingly gorgeous novel of the year'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eElizabeth Day, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMagpie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A raucously funny, beautifully written, emotion-bashing book'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was making a list of all the people I wanted to send it to, until I realised that I wanted to send it to everyone I know'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnn Patchett, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Dutch House\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of those \"read it in one sitting and tell all your friends\" kind of books\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Patrick Melrose meets \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFleabag\u003c\/span\u003e. Brilliant'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eClare Chambers, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone tells Martha Friel she is clever and beautiful, a brilliant writer who has been loved every day of her adult life by one man, her husband Patrick. A gift, her mother once said, not everybody gets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo why is everything broken? Why is Martha - on the edge of 40 - friendless, practically jobless and so often sad? And why did Patrick decide to leave?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaybe she is just too sensitive, someone who finds it harder to be alive than most people. Or maybe - as she has long believed - there is something wrong with her. Something that broke when a little bomb went off in her brain, at 17, and left her changed in a way that no doctor or therapist has ever been able to explain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForced to return to her childhood home to live with her dysfunctional, bohemian parents (but without the help of her devoted, foul-mouthed sister Ingrid), Martha has one last chance to find out whether a life is ever too broken to fix - or whether, maybe, by starting over, she will get to write a better ending for herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn instant \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e bestseller and a book of the year for the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTimes \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Mail on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpectator, Daily Express\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Irish Examiner, Irish Daily Mail, Metro, Critic, Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStylist, Red\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47465975120034,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/411iyr_W-1L._SY445_SX342_FMwebp.webp?v=1784794679","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/sorrow-and-bliss-by-mason-meg","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}