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Normal People
Two people who understand each other completely and spend years failing to say so.
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The Story
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in Sligo, Ireland. At school they are a secret. At university the dynamic reverses. Sally Rooney's second novel is about two people who keep almost saying the thing. 273 pages.


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Normal People
3 Electric
4 Tender
3 Aching
4 Complicated
5 Open

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She was his, in whatever way one person can belong to another.


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Rooney wrote Normal People as a dialogue experiment. Most of the novel advances through conversation. She does not use quotation marks.
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The 2020 series starring Daisy Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal was a cultural event. It made Phoebe Bridgers a household name across Europe.


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