Conversations With Friends

‘A nuanced, page-turning portrait.’ Zadie Smith
‘Brilliant.’ Marian Keyes
‘A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.’SundayTelegraph

The critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling authorofNormal PeopleandBeautiful World, Where Are You.

ASUNDAY TIMESTOP 25 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night sheperforms spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend.When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married toNick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner partiesand holidays in Provence, beginning a complex mnage–quatre. But when Francesand Nick get unexpectedly closer, Frances is forced to honestly confront herown vulnerabilities for the first time.

Readers loveConversations with Friends:

‘Completely engulfs you. I missed it when I finished reading.’

‘Suckedme in and didn’t let me go until the very end.’

‘Portrayslove and obsession and friendship and anxiety in such accurate detail, I feellike I’ve lived it.’

‘Rooney’swriting is completely addictive.’

‘Iwish I could read it for the first time all over again.’

About the Author

Sally Rooney is an Irish novelist. She is the authorofConversations with Friends, Normal PeopleandBeautifulWorld, Where Are You.