*PRE-ORDER 28 July* Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason Science

*PRE-ORDER 28 July* Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason SciencePaperback From the award winning, bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss comes an achingly tender, poignant, funny and bittersweet story of love, loneliness and finding connection in the most unlikely of places. 'So smart, so funny, so moving Mason has done it again, this time using behind the scenes of a literary festival to reveal the complexity of loneliness and how one woman attempts to dig herself out. I absolutely loved it' Bonnie Garmus,

Trust- like water

it was illegal

After weeks of wet weather

this summer is going to be anything but boring

A whole week away from embarrassing parents and Toby's tasty air biscuits

fleeing German troops

morality and the ethics of storytelling

Not even each other

Does Gwen have what it takes to be leader of the pack

talking parrots

or the celebrity launch she unwittingly agrees to host at the bookshop

The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life