Sophie McManus

Sophie McManus's new book is The Unfortunates. From a Q & A at her publisher's website: Is there a book you consider an ancestor of The Unfortunates? I happened upon Virginia Woolf’s essay “On Being Ill” after recovering from a long illness. I could not admit to myself that I needed to read or think about illness; I’d spend a year trying not to. I told myself I’d only picked up the essay by