A haunting story of life and friendship, death and consequences . . .
'My friend Sophie was small and merry: all the lines on her face ran upward. She had the wholesomeness of warm fresh bread, and even the most unexpected people became hungry for her.'
Sophie Martin was a woman who gave too much and asked for too little. After her suicide those who loved her are left with their guilt and a need for answers. 'Knowing Sophie' draws us into the lives of Sophie's husband, David; her friends, Nin, Kate and Caroline; her mother-in-law, Nell; and her twin sons, Ben and Tom. They are all forced into new relationships and interactions when the person who kept them together, or apart, dies.
Brenda Little has crafted an exquisitely beautiful novel that is at times achingly sad, often funny but always emotionally engaging.