‘I was scared I was going mad’: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page

As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline - and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly intense bond with a favourite writer In the summer before university, my mother gave me a copy of The…

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