Rooney has close connections to Sligo, as her father hails from Sligo town.
Beautiful World, Where Are You tells the story of Alice and Eileen, two best friends nearing their thirties in different places and on very different trajectories.
As the summer approaches, they exchange emails about art, friendship, the world around them and the complicated love affairs unfolding in their own lives.
They say they want to see each other again soon. But what will happen when they do?
Alex Bowler, Publisher, acquired UK & Commonwealth and audio rights in a two-book deal from Tracy Bohan at the Wylie Agency.
New novel from Normal People author Sally Rooney due this September
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Fans of Normal People author Sally Rooney will keenly anticipate the release of her third novel this September.
Beautiful World, Where Are You, will be published by Faber on September 7.
The book will tell the story of Alice and Eileen, two best friends nearing their thirties in different places and on very different trajectories. As the summer approaches, they exchange emails about art, friendship, the world around them and the complicated love affairs unfolding in their own lives. They say they want to see each other again soon. But what will happen when they do?
Books to look out for in 2021
Irish fiction
New work that has been a long time coming generates a particular shiver of anticipation.
Small Things Like These (Faber, October) will be Claire Keegan’s first new work since her novella Foster, still a bestseller 10 years on. Her publisher says: “An exquisite wintery parable, Claire Keegan’s long-awaited return tells the story of a simple act of courage and tenderness, in the face of conformity, fear and judgment.” Small Things Like These (Faber, October) will be Claire Keegan’s first new work since her novella Foster, still a bestseller 10 years on. Photograph: Alan Betson