{"product_id":"sophie-standing-there-meg-mason","title":"Sophie, Standing There","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe new novel from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003c\/em\u003e · Indian subcontinent edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Pattison is a lovely person. Kind, friendly, relentlessly positive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has a best friend, a brother she adores, colleagues at the literary festival where she works, and the joy of reading. So much to be grateful for. And it's just as well nobody knows that lately her life has felt like a slow suffocation of misery and loneliness. Only Sophie knows that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScrolling one night, she rediscovers an author she read once, years ago. This time the words reach her as nothing ever has. Every line is a comfort; every page seems to be Sophie's own story. She devours the novels in days, then the interviews, then the podcasts, until the author starts to feel like a friend. It's almost like love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Sophie dreams of meeting her. She never will, of course — the author is far too famous to come to Sophie's festival. Which is, in a way, a relief. Because what would you say to someone you love who doesn't know you're alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, bittersweet and very funny, this is a novel about loneliness, obsession and finding connection in the least likely place. Ann Patchett calls it heartbreaking, hilarious and deeply hopeful; Bonnie Garmus says she absolutely loved it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeg Mason\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003c\/em\u003e and the novel \u003cem\u003eYou Be Mother\u003c\/em\u003e. A former journalist, she was born in New Zealand and lives in Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBloomsbury paperback, 352 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor sale in the Indian subcontinent only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished August 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52531536691416,"sku":"9781526664013","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781526664013.jpg?v=1790159752","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/sophie-standing-there-meg-mason","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}