{"product_id":"normal-people","title":"Normal People","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescriptionBox\" class=\"expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally Rooney’s love story about how one person can change another’s life — a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn school, Connell and Marianne affect not to know each other. People know that Marianne lives in the white mansion with the driveway \u0026amp; that Connell’s mother is a cleaner, but no one knows of the special relationship between these facts. Despite these social tangles, a connection grows between them \u0026amp; when they both get places to study at Trinity College in Dublin it lasts long into the following years. \u003cb\u003eSally Rooney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings her brilliant psychological acuity \u0026amp; perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, \u0026amp; the complex entanglements of family \u0026amp; friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e«\u003ci\u003e...while Rooney may write about apparent aimlessness \u0026amp; all the distractions of our age, her novels are laser-focused \u0026amp; word-perfect. They build power by a steady accretion of often simple declarative sentences that track minuscule shifts in feelings ... Although frequently heartbreaking,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eNormal People\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eisn't bleak. The brave determination of Rooney's characters to reach out \u0026amp; try to catch each other with no guarantee of success — and to open themselves to 'moments of joy despite everything' — is ultimately hopeful.”\u003c\/i\u003e — \u003cb\u003eHeller McAlpin, NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e°°°\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally Rooney\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1991 \u0026amp; lives in Dublin, where she graduated from Trinity College. Her work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGranta, The Dublin Review, The White Review, The Stinging Fly, and the Winter Pages\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eanthology. Her second novel, which grew out of characters in her 2016 short story\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt the Clinic\u003c\/i\u003e, led to a slew of award nominations \u0026amp; the sobriquet 'the voice of her generation'. Rooney was just 27 when\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eNormal People\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esent the reputation she had won for her first book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003estratospheric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003efaber.co.uk\/author\/sally-rooney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003elareviewofbooks.org\/av\/sally-rooney-great-expectations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bookread","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":56803481485643,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/1204\/8971\/files\/Screenshot2026-03-15135736.png?v=1773579467","url":"https:\/\/bookread.io\/products\/normal-people","provider":"bookread","version":"1.0","type":"link"}