Show Notes
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Writing Women Podcast! I'm going to kick this off by looking at the first novel in the Rooney-verse 'Conversation with Friends' which launched her as a literary star in 2017. And yet, despite everyone telling me how groundbreaking she is, over and over again, I can't find myself being able to commit to saying, wholeheartedly, that I enjoy her work. So join me as I explore my trouble with Sally Rooney through the lens of each of her published novels and how I came to them.
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