![]() Around 30 years old, these four are slightly older than Frances and Bobbi from Rooney’s Conversations With Friends or Connell and Marianne from her Normal People. It is hard to resist visualizing their names emblazoned in white Helvetica stacked vertically on a plain black T-shirt. For at least a bit, their restless relationship is filled with grace.īeautiful World, Where Are You revolves around four characters: Alice, Felix, Simon and Eileen. These alienated, anxious characters find a moment of peace together in the pews. Mass at the “Church of Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners” after spending the night together. Two of the characters find themselves attending the 9:00 a.m. ![]() This time, I can pinpoint that moment to exactly-the point when I put my book down to text my friend. There comes a point in each of her novels, usually about 100 pages in, where I find myself falling in love. It’s similar to her other ones,” I responded, “good in a familiar way.” ![]() “How’s the book?” a dear friend texted me, knowing I had an advance reader’s copy of Rooney’s new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You. ![]() Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney ![]()
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