{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/30fc7379-b13e-4fa2-abdc-e4aeb2fbf5d5/6ad1de52937a3c900f0f0e31?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Meg Mason: Loneliness, shame & relationships plus 6 new Book Club reads","description":"<p>Surrounded by people but still feel lonely? Bestselling author Meg Mason (<em>Sorrow and Bliss</em>) joins Lorraine and Trish to talk about how she wrote her new novel <em>Sophie Standing There</em>, a story of love, loneliness and life after divorce. Meg shares her own feelings of acute loneliness and the shame that comes with it for many women, as well as what saved her. She also reveals how midlife wisdom has made her more compassionate towards herself, why she is finally able to ask for what she wants in life and what she really thinks of her readers getting <em>Sorrow And Bliss</em> tattoos.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: Lorraine’s empty nest surprise &amp; how the universe conspired this week for Trish</p><p><br></p><p>📩 Got a question? Email hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com</p><p> 👥 Join the private Facebook group: <u><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/681448662400206/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Postcards from Midlife</a></u></p><p> ⭐ Follow, rate and review — it helps other midlife women find the show</p>","author_name":"Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin"}