Author event with Meg Mason

Parnassus Books and Montgomery Bell Academy are thrilled to present an evening with Meg Mason for her new book, SOPHIE, STANDING THERE UPDATE 7/7: Due to a change in this book's publication date, the date for this event has been moved to Wednesday, October 21st. Parnassus Books and Montgomery Bell Academy are thrilled to present an evening with Meg Mason, in conversation with Ann Patchett, for Meg's new book, Sophie, Standing There. This ticketed event will be held in Montgomery Bell Academy's Dead Poets Society Room, located in the Mary Helen Lowry Building (close to the South Wilson entrance). The event will take place on Wednesday October 21st at 6:30 PM, with doors opening at 5:30 PM. Tickets: Each ticket is $35.75 and includes one general admission seat and one signed copy of Sophie, Standing There. Additional signed copies of Sophie, Standing There, along with a limited number of backlist titles, will be availsble for purchase. There will be a signing line for personalization directly following the event on stage. Parking: Parking is free on the MBA campus. There is a garage located at 205 South Wilson Boulevard (East side of MBA's campus). You may also park in the Vine Street Church parking lot or in any of the surface lots on campus. About the book: "So smart, so funny, so moving. I absolutely loved it."--Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry The "brilliant" (Ann Patchett) and much beloved author of the critically acclaimed Sorrow and Bliss returns with a tender and hilarious novel about heartbreak and the journey from isolation and loneliness towards love. Sophie Pattison loves books. And as well as a dream job at a local book festival, she has a husband she adores, a lifelong best friend, Emma, and a brother she's always been close to. Which makes you wonder why since Christmas Sophie has been living alone, estranged from Emma, avoiding her brother, and about to be fired. Now it feels like the only thing she has left is reading. When Sophie re-discovers an author she first read in her twenties, the words on the page reach her in a new way--becoming both solace and company. Devouring every one of her novels, Sophie begins to dream of meeting her, knowing she never will. But what if she did? What if, by then, the author feels like a friend? What if, for Sophie, it feels almost like love? In this much anticipated novel, Meg Mason captures the heartache and dark humor of our relationships in all their complexity, giving us a story about the power of connection and an ode to the inexplicable nature of the human heart. About the author: Meg Mason is the author of Sorrow and Bliss, which became an international bestseller after it was first published in Australia. Winner of the British Book Industry Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the Women's Prize, it has since been translated into more than 30 languages. Her first career was in journalism, beginning at the Times of London, later writing for Vogue, Elle, GQ, Sunday Style, and The New Yorker's Daily Shouts and Murmurs. Born in New Zealand, she lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters.