La obra de Meg Mason profundiza en las complejidades de las relaciones humanas y los paisajes emocionales de sus personajes. Su prosa es reconocida por su agudo ingenio y sus perspicaces exploraciones de la psique humana. Ella crea a sus personajes con precisión, revelando sus luchas internas y atrayendo a los lectores a profundas reflexiones sobre la vida y la conexión. Su estilo es a la vez elegante y directo, lo que le permite resonar con una amplia audiencia.
'Read the first sentence of Jacqueline Maley's debut novel, and you will be in it until the end. Electrifying, deeply unsettling and so, so satisfying. And, if you've ever tried to manage the sharp end of a career with the blunt demands of parenthood, fiercely recognisable' Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss
EVENING STANDARD'S 'BEST FICTION BOOKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2022' What do you do, when you find the perfect family... ...and it's not yours? 'Rare and delightful . . . A beautifully crafted novel about female relationships. I couldn't put this book down' Marie Claire The only thing Abi ever wanted was a proper family. So when she falls pregnant by an Australian exchange student in London, she cannot pack up her old life in Croydon fast enough, to start all over in Sydney and make her own family. It is not until she arrives, with three-week-old Jude in tow, that Abi realises Stu is not quite ready to be a father after all. And he is the only person she knows in this hot, dazzling, confusing city, where the job of making friends is turning out to be harder than she thought. That is, until she meets Phyllida, her wealthy, charming, imperious older neighbour, and they become almost like mother and daughter. If only Abi had not told Phil that teeny tiny small lie, the very first day they met...
A dazzling novel about modern love up against the confusing, sad aches of mental illness - with all its highs, lows, humour and misery.