This is a novel that one enjoys like comfort food, with delight, all in a rush, and only once it has been consumed does one realise how formidable and nourishing it is, how heavy it sits inside you, a treat you'll be digesting long after you leave the table.' - The Australian 'Rooney's work is undeniably a voice for millennial fiction. It takes immense talent to write this well and make it look so easy. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can't.

Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. And, according to the short story, Marianne and Connell's relationship is still as passionate as ever, though the two are seemingly facing the same problems as before.Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. As Rooney herself explained to The Telegraph, At the Clinic inspired her to explore the couple's relationship with more depth, which she ultimately did in Normal People. Readers learn that, at 23 years old, the pair travels to have Marianne's wisdom tooth removed, Voguedetailed. Published in 2016, At the Clinic was the basis for the subsequent Normal People novel and follows Marianne and Connell for a longer period of time. However, if you've found yourself wondering if the on-again, off-again lovers ever find their way back to each other after Normal People ends, we have good news: Normal People author Sally Rooney has already answered that question with her short story. In the 12th episode of Normal People, viewers watched as Marianne and Connell agreed to part ways, as Connell decided to accepted a grad school opportunity in New York City.

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