Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

by Sally Rooney

Faber & Faber, 2018, ISBN 9780571347292, paperback

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, stickers to front endpaper and front cover, un-creased spine (see photographs)

“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 frustration, friendship and love.  It takes us from that 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 heart-breaking tenderness, it reveals how we learn about sex and power, the desire to hurt and be hurt, the desire to love and be loved.”