Meg Mason's surprise success with Sorrow and Bliss

The Book Show

English - June 13, 2022 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Meg Mason thought her second novel, Sorrow and Bliss wouldn't be published, it was and is now shortlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction, which will be announced this week.

Also Australian writer Ennis Ćehić on his playful collection, Sadvertising, and American writer Leila Motley's debut novel, Nightcrawling, which she wrote at just 17.