Conversations with Friends Summary
Rooney, Sally

Conversations with Friends Overview

Conversations with Friends is a novel by Sally Rooney. In this unconventional coming-of-age romance, Frances, a graduate student who identifies as a bisexual communist, finds both frustration and fulfillment by forming alternative relationship models. As she becomes more emotionally expressive in her relationships with her married boyfriend, Nick, and her best friend, Bobbi, she takes ownership of her own feelings, fears, and professional dreams. The novel explores themes of relationships, sex, intellectualism, art, and pain.