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15 August 2026

Best-selling writer Meg Mason loved growing up Exclusive Brethren, but it left her feeling 'permanently othered'

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Best-selling writer Meg Mason loved growing up Exclusive Brethren, but it left her feeling 'permanently othered'

The heroine of Meg Mason's new autobiographical novel Sophie, Standing There is cheerful yet "slightly apart from everybody else" after growing up in a sect.

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