Frances is 21 years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex ménage-à-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.
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Bobby and I first met Melissa at a poetry night in town, where we were performing together. 1
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(@WFHowes, 1 June 2017, audiobook, 8 hours 33 minutes, bought from @audibleuk, narrated by Aoife McMahon, # POPSUGARReadingChallenge, a book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022)
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I had a great time listening to Conversations with Friends. The book is much more complex and quite dark at times even though the title makes it sound like a banal read. I thought the narration was perfect. I love Irish accents so really enjoyed this. Frances, Bobby, Nick and Melissa are complex characters wonderfully brought to life. I enjoyed the way the relationship between them twists and changes becoming pretty dark at times. This is a great book about the complexity of love and friendship.
