{"product_id":"sorrow-and-bliss","title":"Sorrow and Bliss","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEveryone tells Martha Friel she is clever and beautiful, a brilliant writer who has been loved every day of her adult life by one man, her husband Patrick.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA gift, her mother once said, not everybody gets. So why is everything broken? Why is Martha \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– on the edge of 40 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– friendless, practically jobless and so often sad? And why did Patrick decide to leave? Maybe she is just too sensitive, someone who finds it harder to be alive than most people. Or maybe \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– as she has long believed \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– there is something wrong with her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSomething that broke when a little bomb went off in her brain, at 17, and left her changed in a way that no doctor or therapist has ever been able to explain. Forced to return to her childhood home to live with her dysfunctional, bohemian parents (but without the help of her devoted, foul-mouthed sister Ingrid), Martha has one last chance to find out whether a life is ever too broken to fix - or whether, maybe, by starting over, she will get to write a better ending for herself.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Meg Mason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42763678089473,"sku":"9781474622998","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/products\/Sorrow_BlissPaperback.png?v=1651141250","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/sorrow-and-bliss","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}