We don’t actually see them on page together until more than halfway through the novel. The two women write e-mails to each other, sharing their lives and thoughts. She has left Dublin and sequestered herself in a former rectory in a small town. Eileen is recovering from the break-up of a long-term relationship while Alice is recovering from a psychiatric breakdown. (I read someone’s review that posited Rooney is writing characters who reflect her own age and if this is true, I’m really looking forward to her next novel.)Įileen and Alice are best friends, having met in university. In Beautiful World, Where Are You, Rooney focuses on slightly older characters, right on the cusp of change that turning 30 can bring. How people communicate, how they react, how they act when they are alone. As I found when I first read Sally Rooney earlier this year, she once more in her latest novel nails human nature.
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