# Normal People - Hardcover

by **Sally Rooney** (Author)

****NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES -** _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLER - "A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships" (_People_) from the author of _Conversations with Friends,_ "a master of the literary page-turner" (J. Courtney Sullivan).**

**ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE--_Entertainment Weekly  
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**TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--_People, Slate,_ The New York Public Library, _Harvard Crimson  
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Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation--awkward but electrifying--something life changing begins.

A year later, they're both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.

_Normal People_ is the story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can't.  
  
**Praise for _Normal People_**

" A\] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting."**\--_The Washington Post_  
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"Arguably the buzziest novel of the season, Sally Rooney's elegant sophomore effort . . . is a worthy successor to _Conversations with Friends_. Here, again, she unflinchingly explores class dynamics and young love with wit and nuance."**\--_The Wall Street Journal_**

" Rooney\] has been hailed as the first great millennial novelist for her stories of love and late capitalism. . . . She writes\] some of the best dialogue I've read."**\--_The New Yorker_**

### Author Biography

**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.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN

**Publication Date:** April 16, 2019

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