![]() Her aunt, uncle and cousins also play key roles in her life and how she copes with her mental illness and juggles these relationships is what’s explored. She has a strong bond with her father and sister, Ingrid and a more complex one with her mother. ![]() Martha’s family are the people she is closest to. Opening sentence: At a wedding shortly after our own, I followed Patrick through the dense crowd at the reception to a woman who was standing by herself. ![]() It’s all about Martha’s relationship with her mental illness and how that, in turn, affects her relationships with the people in her life. From the first few pages I loved the tone and was totally captivated and emotionally invested by Martha and her story. Sorrow and Bliss is one of those books that I’d heard great things about and actually, wonderfully, did live up to all the buzz and accolades. ![]()
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