![]() ![]() They all love her – well, maybe not horrible Jonathan – and she loves them, but love is not enough. ![]() Her artist mother, poet father, prolifically fertile sister, rich aunt, horrible first husband, and saintly second husband all compete for space in her head. She lives inside a void, or maybe she is the void. In New Zealand expat Meg Mason’s second novel, Sorrow and Bliss, this is Martha’s essential struggle. Novels and memoirs about mental illness, especially in women, often have loving and lovability as their throughline. An emotional uncanny valley opens up in front of you and you push on, staying alive, putting one foot in front of the other, hoping that the people who love you trust that you love them even if you aren’t sure you know how to show it. It is strange, to love and be loved, when you are unsure of your reality. Jean Sergent reviews an exceptional new novel about mental illness, labels, and lovability.
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