Normal People

NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES ΓÇó NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE ΓÇó ΓÇ£A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationshipsΓÇ¥ (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends,ΓÇ£a master of the literary page-turnerΓÇ¥ (J. Courtney Sullivan). ΓÇ£[A] novel that demands to be read compulsivelyin one sitting.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Washington Post ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYΓÇÖS TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PeopleSlateThe New York Public LibraryHarvard Crimson Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small townbut the similarities end there. At schoolConnell is popular and well likedwhile Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversationΓÇöawkward but electrifyingΓÇösomething life changing begins. A year latertheyΓÇÖre both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelinesshy and uncertain. Throughout their years at universityMarianne and Connell circle one anotherstraying toward other people and possibilities but always magneticallyirresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhereeach must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Normal People is the story of mutual fascinationfriendshipand love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyondin the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they canΓÇÖt. WINNER: The British Book AwardThe Costa Book AwardThe An Post Irish Novel of the YearSunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York TimesThe New York Times Book ReviewOprah DailyTimeNPRThe Washington PostVogueEsquireGlamourElleMarie ClaireVoxThe Paris ReviewGood HousekeepingTown & Country