Calling all fans of the : Sally Rooney’s new novel is finally here!
the bestselling Irish author’s fourth novel, was released on Sept. 24 and is already an Editors’ pick on Amazon.
Even if you’re not familiar with Rooney, you’re likely familiar with her work: did you watch “Normal People” or “Conversations with Friends” on Hulu? Those were, of course, Rooney adaptations. She followed those novels up with a third, “Beautiful World, Where Are You” in 2021, so it’s safe to say that her first release in three years is hotly anticipated.
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As such, people who rely on the library to read new books are likely stuck on long waitlists right now (and when we say long, we mean long: it’s about a 22-week wait to get the e-book or audiobook from Brooklyn Public Library and several months from Queens Public Library, while New York Public Library doesn’t have a single e-copy available in Overdrive yet).
However, there is an easy and free w🅺ay to re♔ad now, no waitlist is required
How to read ‘Intermezzo’ by Sally Rooney for free:
New subscrib🌄ers will automatically get a one-month free trial before the $14.95/month payment begins.
Audible Premium Plus gives subscribers one credit a month to use on any book so that the free trial credit can be used on Just select Enjoy a free trial on us on the book’s page or head over to and sign up there.
The audiobook of “Intermezzo” is performed by Éanna Hardwicke, who appeared in the “Normal People” TV adaptation. It has a run time of 16 hours and 29 minutes.
What is ‘Intermezzo’ about?
The description for calls it an “exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love.”
It follows two brothers who don’t have much in common and the people they love in the period of time following their father’s death.
Successful lawyer Peter is “struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke,” while younger brother Ivan, a competitive chess player, “meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.”
Sally Rooney books in order:
Rooney currently has four novels, no🔯ne of which💯 are connected.
- — released in 2017
- — released in 2018
- — released in 2021
- — released in 2024
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