Sorrow and Bliss

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 is the author of You Be Mother and Sorrow and Bliss, which became an international bestseller after it was published in 2020. Winner of the British Book Industry Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, it has since been translated into more than 30 languages. Her first career was in journalism, beginning at The Times of London, later writing for Vogue, ELLE, GQ, Sunday Style and The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts.

Born in New Zealand, she lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters. Her third novel, Sophie, Standing There, will be published worldwide in 2026.