INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney

INTERMEZZO by Sally RooneyIntermezzo by Sally Rooney is an exquisitely moving literary fiction novel. The story explores grief, love, and family through the lives of brothers Peter and Ivan Koubek. In Intermezzo, Peter, a successful Dublin lawyer, struggles with relationships after their father s death, torn between his first love, Sylvia, and a carefree college student, Naomi. Ivan, a socially awkward chess player, connects with Margaret, an older woman with a turbulent past,

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