Sorrow and Bliss

I'm often skeptical when new books I haven't read yet are compared to books and media I've already consumed and loved; I've too often been disappointed before by promises unfulfilled. That said, I've seen Sorrow and Bliss compared to Sally Rooney's Normal People, Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, and Fleabag and I give these comparisons an emphatic nod. It is smart, funny, and sad without being depressing. Martha is wonderfully self-aware and woefully self-sabotaging as she muddles through life with an undiagnosed mental illness that affects everyone who loves her, particularly her husband and sister, but herself most of all.