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His supposed feelings for her are widely discussed in school.

He cared what people thought of him. You hear enough of them in class, she said.

To Connell this seems like something she could accomplish in the car.And I hear you did very well, she says.He was top of the class, says Marianne.Right, Connell says. Karen hunches down in front of Marianne and touches her hand.

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She keeps him back after class sometimes to talk about his life direction, and once she actually touched the knot of his school tie. Too often, I just jump from finishing a book into the next thing (book, movie, sleep, work); reading through my notes (and writing about them, briefly) really solidified this book in my mind. I feel stupid.

Like I really don’t think she would care. Marianne, desperate and infatuated, abides by this code of secrecy.

Do you think I’m the kind of person who would go around hitting girls? Oh, do you want to kiss her better? Though he's grinning, the force and extremity of this impersonation make him look angry.Are you happy that you don't have friends? She sits at her dressing table looking at her face in the mirror. She has a focused expression, like she's looking through his eyes into the back of his head. He said nothing.

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Do you think it's funny joking about that? You have nothing to worry about with your appearance, Connell said.

I just have to pop up and take a load out of the dryer, says Lorraine. Read an extract from Sally Rooney’s critically acclaimed novel Normal People.

Connell said nothing. Her prose is straightforward yet somehow not, and I found plenty to highlight on my Kindle. I mean, you don't think I'm playing into it when she acts like that, do you?Not that I've seen.He wipes his palms down on his school shirt unthinkingly. Honestly she’s pretty relaxed about this sort of stuff anyway.

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That’s so good, she kept saying. Does she fancy you or something? It includes a tennis court and a large stone statue in the shape of a woman. You're blushing now actually, says Marianne.

Connell put his arms around her belly. He’s very tall, she notices. He did it again and she told him she was going to come.

They squeeze hands once more.

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The question of who has the power isn't one with obvious implications — it's not like the pair are about to get into a fist fight — but rather one that requires a psychologically astute guiding force. Her father died when she was thirteen and Connell has heard she has a mental illness now or something.

Pretty sordid, Marianne said aloud. He’s studious, he plays centre forward in football, he’s good-looking, he doesn’t get into fights. She tries to shrug him off but he doesn’t let go.

She rubs her upper arm and says: Thanks. He would walk down the hallway and people’s eyes would follow him, like he was a serial killer, or worse. That's a popular story about her, everyone has heard it. Instead, it builds on what the Los Angeles post-hardcore band do so well already.

Rooney's politics are Marxist, and in Conversations with Friends, Frances and her friend Bobbi were outspoken — heated, even — about their political beliefs. We are moving to WordPress and a new host, but we really need your help to save the site.

What if, at some level above or below his own perception, he does actually desire her? Their feelings were suppressed so carefully in everyday life, forced into smaller and smaller spaces, until seemingly minor events took on insane and frightening significance. She can’t tell immediately whether he’s being sincere or mocking. Used to a bit, not much any more. Down a few steps in the kitchen, his mother Lorraine is peeling off a pair of rubber gloves. For a few seconds, which seems like an unbelievably long time, Connell says nothing.