Sophie, Standing There A Novel

"Mason's third novel, centered on an endearingly self-doubting woman, is filled with wry insights into the backstage world of book festivals and their famous authors. It is a special treat for book lovers." -Library Journal (starred review)

"Completely brilliant. I loved it. I think every girl and woman should read it." -Gillian Anderson, on Sorrow and Bliss

"A quiet and achingly beautiful love story. . . . LOVED it. Masterfully written. And powerful." -Elin Hilderbrand, on Sorrow and Bliss

"A truly comic novel about love and the despair of depression. It's a rare and beautiful thing when an author can break your heart with humor; it's also the quality I admire most in a writer." -New York Times Book Review, on Sorrow and Bliss

"Improbably charming . . . will have you chortling and reading lines aloud." -People, on Sorrow and Bliss

"A truly comic novel about love and the despair of depression. It's a rare and beautiful thing when an author can break your heart with humor; it's also the quality I admire most in a writer." -Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company, on Sorrow and Bliss

"Meg Mason is back with another introspective, heartfelt read." - People

"Heartwarming, tender and so funny, Sophie, Standing There is a wonderful, bittersweet story of what it means to be truly, achingly lonely. I loved it." -Gillian Anderson

"A funny, poignant, quirky look at the entrancing nature of a parasocial relationship. I love Meg Mason's sharpness and humour, she is the queen of the pithy one liner that stops you in your tracks." -Emma Gannon, author of Olive and Table for One

"Smart and heartwarming . . . [A] moving tale of a book lover's search for her own happy ending." -Publishers Weekly

"Truly inspired and original." -Esther Freud, author of Love Falls and My Sister and Other Lovers

"It's raw, it's massively sad; it's hilariously funny and so epigrammatic that after writing down the novel's pithily astute phrases, I realised I was almost writing out the whole book" -Barbara Trapido, author of Brother of the More Famous Jack

"It's so beautifully written and Sophie's unexquisite world is described so exquisitely. I absolutely lived and breathed Sophie. Such a tender, funny, sad, moving, complicated, painful and yet hopeful book." -Georgia Pritchett, author of My Mess is a Bit of a Life