Normal People by Sally Rooney

Author: Sally Rooney

Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Literary Fiction

Synopsis:

At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers - one they are determined to conceal.

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 in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. Then, 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.

Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.

Format: Hardcover, 273 Pages

Setting: Ireland

Awards: Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018), British Book Award for Book of the Year (2019), Costa Book Award for Novel (2018), Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2019), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2019), Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2020), RSL Encore Award (2019), The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2020), Lovely books Leserpreis Nominee for Romane (2020)

Goodreads Rating: 3.81

*This book is pre-loved, but has been carefully looked through to ensure it is not missing any pages and is in good condition. All visible flaws have been documented in the product photos.