In her debut novel, she deftly illustrates psychology’s first lesson: that everyone is doomed to repeat their patterns.Ī clever and current book about a complicated woman and her romantic relationships.Ī flabby, fervid melodrama of a high-strung Southern family from Conroy ( The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline), whose penchant for overwriting once again obscures a genuine talent. Rooney captures the mood and voice of contemporary women and their interpersonal connections and concerns without being remotely predictable. As a narrator, Frances describes all these complex fragments in an ethereal and thoughtful but self-loathing way. In the midst of this complicated dynamic, Frances is also managing endometriosis and neglectful parents-an abusive, alcoholic father and complicit mother. Frances and Nick’s relationship makes difficult the already tense (for its intensity) relationship between Frances and Bobbi.
Although he can sometimes be withholding of his affection (he struggles with depression), they begin a passionate affair. Nick is handsome and mysterious and, it turns out, returns Frances’ attraction.
While Bobbi is taken with Melissa, Frances becomes infatuated by her life-her success, her beautiful home, her actor husband, Nick. When Melissa, a notable writer and photographer, approaches the pair to offer to do a profile of them, they accept excitedly. She performs her spoken-word pieces with her best friend and ex-lover, Bobbi, who is equally intellectual but gregarious where Frances is shy and composed where Frances is awkward. The story of the entangled affairs of a group of exceedingly smart and self-possessed creative types.įrances, an aloof and intelligent 21-year-old living in Dublin, is an aspiring poet and communist.
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