Sally Rooney is a master storyteller, with an innate ability to get deep into her character’s thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions. Her characters are so very real, you feel like you are a part of their world and you want for them, you feel for them, and you anguish for them. Then she pulls together this story that you can’t step away from.
— Pam Brown Senior National Account Manager Penguin Random House
“What a treat to discover Sally Rooney! This novel stands out shining from the current onslaught of mediocre prose and less-than-suspenseful thriller plots. Normal People is the story of a relationship between two high school classmates in a small town in Ireland, and how it changes over time, through their last year of college in Dublin. Rooney’s spare and brilliant writing illuminates her insight and makes the unfolding of these two personalities completely compelling.”
— Georgiana Dix Blomberg, Magnolia's Bookstore, Seattle, WA
