Normal People by Sally Rooney

People know that Marianne lives in the white
mansion with the driveway and that Connell's
mother is a cleaner, but no one knows of the
special relationship between these facts.

Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small
town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end
there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked,
while Marianne is a loner who has learnt from painful
experience to stay away from her classmates. When the two
strike up a conversation in Marianne's kitchen - awkward
but electrifying - something life-changing begins.

NORMAL PEOPLE is a story of mutual fascination,
friendship and love. It takes us from the conversation
to the years beyond, in the company of two people -
funny, magnetic, complex - who try to stay apart but
find they can't. It shows us how difficult it is to change
who we are. And with heartbreaking tenderness, it
reveals how we learn about sex and power, the desire
to hurt and be hurt, the desire to love and be loved.

Here is an exquisite love story which
breathes fiction with new life.

Genres: Literary Fiction - Ireland - Coming of Age
Condition: Very good
Published: 2018 by Faber & Faber
Pages: 266
ISBN: 9780571347292
Weight: 295g