![]() This conflict of priorities sums up a Rooney novel. “When we should have been reorganising the distribution of the world’s resources.we were worrying about sex and friendship instead,” Eileen writes. In a series of email exchanges, the women detail their tumultuous love affairs and share heady musings on religion, nationalism, and their relationship with a society seemingly hell-bent on destruction. ![]() Alice, a famous writer, moves to western Ireland to recuperate from a mental breakdown, leaving her bestie, Eileen, alone in Dublin to handle a dead-end job and the fallout of a breakup. Her third novel explores both themes with aplomb, following two friends on the brink of turning 30. ![]() It’s hard to say what fascinates the wildly popular Irish author Sally Rooney more: young love or the doomsday vibes of the 21st century. ![]()
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