![]() ![]() But on the other, he's good-looking and popular. On one hand, Connell's mother works for Marianne's mother as a house cleaner. When we meet them, Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal) attend the same high school in Ireland, but they have a complicated, crosswise dynamic. And Hulu has made a genuinely beautiful 12-part adaptation, all of which is available Wednesday, April 29.īook Reviews 'Normal People' Appeals Across Genders And Generations Sally Rooney's 2018 novel, Normal People, is about one of those relationships, the ones where we hurt and we get hurt and we try, perhaps unwisely, to hang on. Not the ones that are casual and simple, but the ones with people who break us open in the best ways but also cut themselves on our rough edges and bump their heads on our limitations. Perhaps that's why so many of us lose some of those relationships in time. ![]() ![]() Your odds of making a mistake with them are high. ![]() Of course, on the other hand, as you make and probably break your bonds with them, you will still be dumb, and you will still be young. You'll get older either way, but without them, without how hard you will try to deserve them, how will you ever get less dumb? It's a blessing to meet very special people when you're young and dumb. Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones play Connell and Marianne, the two closely bonded characters at the center of Sally Rooney's novel Normal People. ![]()
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