32. Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

To wrap up June, Stephanie assigned Hannah a book that she thinks her friend will love, but that she herself hated. Will Hannah like Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney as much as Stephanie hated it, or will this assignment simply be a mutual rant between friends? 
Frances and Bobbi, female college students in Dublin, are best friends with a romantic history and a creative connection. As they perform spoken-word poetry throughout the city, they catch the attention of author and photographer, Melissa, and her actor husband, Nick. The four form a close but fraught relationship, much of it centering on an affair between Nick and Frances. Join Stephanie and Hannah this week as they discuss this book whose author has been hailed as the voice of their generation and the importance of cultivating emotional intelligence. 
Resources: A New Kind of Adultery Novel | The New YorkerConversations with Friends by Sally Rooney review – young, gifted and self-destructive | Fiction | The Guardian Refinery 29 Review
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