{"title":"Books by Sally Rooney","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780571333134","title":"Conversations with Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A nuanced, page-turning portrait.' Zadie Smith\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant.' Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003e‘A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNormal People \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeautiful World, Where Are You.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP 25 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY\u003cbr\u003eOVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. 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I missed it when I finished reading.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Sucked me in and didn’t let me go until the very end.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Portrays love and obsession and friendship and anxiety in such accurate detail, I feel like I’ve lived it.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Rooney’s writing is completely addictive.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I wish I could read it for the first time all over again.’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201810235570,"sku":"9780571333134","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571333134_6df2e742-9d0d-4165-aebf-c31e7a460354.jpg?v=1786015067"},{"product_id":"9780571334650","title":"Normal People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The book that defined a generation.' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A Tube stop-missing, escalator-reading tale.' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnell 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. But when the two strike up a conversation – awkward but electrifying – something life-changing begins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. 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I read it in a state of rapture.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘If a perfect Sally Rooney novel exists, this might just be it ... Her best novel yet.’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rooney has discovered her full literary prowess.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller \u003ci\u003eNormal People, \u003c\/i\u003ean exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties – successful, competent and apparently unassailable. 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