![]() “It’s just, clearly you don’t understand what I’m trying to achieve.” “It’s like having a fat personal trainer,” she explains to Patrick. But when the therapist, Julie, says something about her ex-husband, Martha knows to drop her. Martha struggles to find her way through life, navigating troublesome family gatherings at her aunt’s sprawling home, her troubles with Patrick as she lashes out over little things, and attempts to find a therapist that fits her. Her lifetime acquaintance turned husband remarks, “Sometimes I wonder if you actually like being like this.” ![]() She’s been misdiagnosed, mistreated by her family and husband, and left to figure out her mind on her own. She was forced to resign from college due to her longing to stay home all day, rocking underneath her father’s desk, and the book describes her journey to get the correct treatment. Whatever Martha has, or the coagulation of many different ones, has been plaguing her since she was 17. After the book’s end, a page says, “The medical symptoms described in the novel are not consistent with a genuine mental illness.” Not a typo-Martha’s mental illness is multifaceted, results in many symptoms and outbursts, and Mason didn’t want it to take on one singular form. Martha Friel, the protagonist of Meg Mason’s 2021 book Sorrow and Bliss, has _. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cover design by Marta Lebek/Stocksy United. ![]()
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