Normal People by Sally Rooney (and the Hulu adaptation) is a love story that may or may not be a romance novel, a story that might be hopeful even if it’s bleak, but who could say if it represents all millennials, who live in a post-love, post-Tumblr society? Shelf Love’s Youth Culture Media Correspondent Dame Jodie Slaughter helps me decipher what Normal People has to say about love, romance, marriage, and millennials, all through our lens as romance novel readers.
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Discussed:
Normal People by Sally Rooney & Hulu adaptation
Shelf Love:
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Guest: Dame Jodie Slaughter, Shelf Love’s Youth Culture Media Correspondent
Advanced Nerdery:
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? ROMANCE AND INTIMACY IN AN AGE OF HOOKING UP by David Shumway
Narrative Impact: Social and Cognitive Foundations
Edited by Melanie C. Green, Jeffrey J. Strange, Timothy C. Brock
Normal People: Hopeful Post-Love Millennials