Marianne and Connell meet because his mother cleans her mother's house. Despite their differences in class, they recognize in one another a sense of being ill-fit in their world. This unlikely connection follows them to university, to Dublin, and through their young, twinned becomings. But this is far from a simple love story. It's an utterly poignant and often gutting dissection of a relationship, of all relationships: their tendency to shift and pull like tectonic plates; how they change; how they change us. Rooney has a filmic feel for perfect details and a godly insight into our secret hearts. Recommended By Thomas L., Powells.com