Sophie, Standing There

Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason is a Literary Fiction release, out on August 27, 2026.
Sophie, Standing There

Author: Meg Mason

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Release date: August 27, 2026

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Sophie, Standing There Release Date: August 27, 2026
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From the award-winning, bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss comes an achingly tender, poignant, funny and bittersweet new novel

‘So smart, so funny, so moving. I absolutely loved it’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

‘A moving examination of what it means to be alone in the world, and what it means to find connection. It is, by turns, heartbreaking, hilarious, and deeply hopeful. Meg Mason is a dazzling talent’ Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Tom Lake and The Dutch House
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Sophie Pattison is a lovely person – warm, kind, relentlessly positive. She’s cherished by her brother Laurie, adored by her best friend Emma and valued by her colleagues. Sometimes, it’s true, one day in her life can feel like the entire month of January. It’s also true she can go an entire day without speaking. But she’s fine really. She spends her time alone reading, finding comfort in the pages of the books she devours.

Until one day she stumbles upon an author she hasn’t read in years. Her books, interviews and podcasts soon become a lifeline; every word is a solace, company she hasn’t felt in so long. It’s almost like love.

A lot like love. And Sophie would love to meet the author, although she never will obviously. In a way, thank goodness, because that would change everything. Sophie’s entire life. Wouldn’t it?

Hilariously candid and raw, Sophie, Standing There is a bittersweet story of love, loneliness and finding connection in the most unlikely of places.
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‘Sophie, Standing There unfolds like a strange origami crane in reverse – so achingly tender and so brilliantly subtle that I could never put it down… Dazzling’ Catherine Newman, bestselling author of Wreck and Sandwich

‘I loved Sophie, and I love Meg Mason’s brain and the strange, wonderful, funny stories she gives us’ Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello, Beautiful and Dear Edward

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