Meg Mason: Femme Fatalistic

Meg Mason’s breakout bestselling novel of love, family and mental health, Sorrow and Bliss, was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and dubbed ‘the book you have to read this summer’ by the Evening Standard. Comparisons have arisen to BBC’s Fleabag, perhaps due to the piquant combination of humour and darkness Mason brings to this event or the refreshing view of contemporary womanhood offered.

Meg Mason is appearing remotely.

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