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From the New York Times bestselling author of Normal People comes a sharp, witty, and emotionally raw exploration of friendship, love, and the complexities of growing up.
Sally Rooney: Named to the TIME 100 Next List | Winner of the Sunday Times (UK) Young Writer of the Year Award | One of BuzzFeed's Best Books of the Decade
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One of the Ten Best Books of the Year: Vogue, Slate
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Frances, a cool-headed, keenly observant young woman studying in Dublin, drifts through life, half-heartedly pursuing a writing career while navigating the delicate territory of friendship. Her best friend, Bobbi, is bold, beautiful, and effortlessly self-assured. When the two meet a well-known photographer at a poetry event, they’re drawn into her world of sophistication, charm, and secrets. Frances finds herself reluctantly captivated by the older woman’s polished life—and her handsome, enigmatic husband, Nick.
What begins as an innocent flirtation with Nick slowly escalates into something much more tangled, as hidden desires and complicated truths surface, testing the fragile boundaries of friendship and intimacy.
Brilliantly observed and filled with Rooney’s trademark dark humour, Conversations with Friends offers an astute, often uncomfortable, but always compelling look at the power of relationships, the messiness of growing up, and the perils of self-deception.
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award
Praise for Sally Rooney:
"Sharp, funny, and thought-provoking… a brilliant portrait of two young women figuring out how to be adults."
– Celeste Ng, Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
"Rooney’s gift for capturing everyday life with such vividness and suspense is unparalleled."
– Curtis Sittenfeld, The Week
"A delicious novel full of frictions and surprises. Rooney’s writing brings the ordinary to life with high stakes."
– New York Magazine
"Rooney’s rare clarity in dissecting self-delusion is both painful and profound."
– Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker
"This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I’m not alone."
– Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram)
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney - Paperback
Sally Rooney was born in the west of Ireland in 1991. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta and The London Review of Books. Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, she is the author of Conversations with Friends. In 2019, she was named to the inaugural Time 100 Next list.
