There’s a newSally Rooneybook coming our way.

They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart.

Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something?

Sally Rooney

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Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?"

Sex, getting together and breaking apart, and worrying?

Sounds like classic Rooney to us.

She shows us how precarious things are and how precious life is."

Beautiful World, Where Are Youarrives on shelves Sept. 7.