5/20/2023 0 Comments Sorrow and bliss reviewsShe even takes on Patrick, a young boy of fourteen whose own father can’t be bothered with him. Winsome goes above and beyond including financing her own sister’s lifestyle. Indeed, it is Winsome, my most favourite character who holds the extended family together putting her arms around her own children as well as her nieces. The same can be said of the relationship between Martha’s mother and her aunt, Winsome. Ingrid is also quite a personality, all knowing and seeing when it comes to protecting Martha. Martha’s sister Ingrid is her rock, her sounding board and her support. This novel is also about relationships and love too, especially between sisters. Her father, a wannabe poet knows his daughter is not well and tries his best to help. Martha comes from a family where her sculptor mother is barely there for her children preferring to leave her offspring to their own devices. This is a remarkably frank and honest story about a young woman called Martha who knows that something is not right but has no idea what it is and how to go about fixing it. Most of us have been touched by mental illness, either directly or indirectly by someone we know.
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