Early viewers of "Conversations With Friends" are already comparing the show to Hulu's "Normal People," which is based on the novel of the same name by Sally Rooney. Marianne and Connell are from two different social circles. Marianne has an affluent background and a difficult family, while Connell is raised by a single mother, Lorraine, who cleans homes. When Lorraine is hired to work at Marianne's home, Connell and Marianne begin a secret relationship and navigate the rewarding, exciting, and brutal complexities of young love. The depiction of their love story is not a fairy tale; rather, like the relationships in "Conversations With Friends," it's realistic in its ever-changing amorphousness.
