Meg Mason’s novel about a sad, divorcing festival worker asks: can books save your life?

Meg Mason, author of the twenty twenty bestseller 'Sorrow and Bliss,' has published a new novel: 'Sophie, Standing There.' Per The Conversation, it centers on Sophie, a sound technician who becomes obsessed with a prolific author as she navigates her divorce. As she rereads the author's work and devours every interview and podcast, the line between admiration and all-consuming obsession blurs. When that author unexpectedly appears at a literary festival, reality collides with fantasy. Mason explores themes of loss, loneliness, and what authors can mean to us at our most vulnerable.

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