Read this when
Conversations with Friends
Acting like you don't care when you care this much is a full-time job. Frances has been working overtime. 😶
Who it's for
Frances, a twenty-one-year-old student poet in Dublin, presents as cool and detached while falling for Nick, an older married actor, and hiding physical pain later diagnosed as endometriosis.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Sally Rooney's 2017 debut novel is narrated by Frances, a 21-year-old student in Dublin who performs spoken-word poetry with her best friend and ex-girlfriend, Bobbi. They come to the attention of Melissa, an essayist and photographer in her late thirties, and through her they meet her husband Nick, an actor. Frances begins an affair with Nick while Bobbi and Melissa grow closer, and the four become entangled.
Where to find it
In print; widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla where licensed) and as an ebook and an unabridged audiobook.
Before you start
Heads up: Brief self-harm scenes.
Age: Ages 16+
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.Jane Austen, Persuasion, Chapter 23
