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Secrets and lies and 'Conversations with Friends' : Pop Culture Happy Hour Irish writer Sally Rooney's book Normal People was adapted into a Hulu series in 2020. Now, her first novel Conversations with Friends gets its own Hulu adaptation. It tells the story of two college friends and exes (Alison Oliver and Sasha Lane) who meet a married couple (Joe Alwyn and Jemima Kirke) and get very deeply entangled with them, which makes everything very complicated.

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Secrets and lies and 'Conversations with Friends'

Secrets and lies and 'Conversations with Friends'

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Alison Oliver and Joe Alwyn play Frances and Nick in Conversations with Friends. Enda Bowe/ Hulu hide caption

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Alison Oliver and Joe Alwyn play Frances and Nick in Conversations with Friends.

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Irish writer Sally Rooney's book Normal People was adapted into a Hulu series in 2020. Now, her first novel Conversations with Friends gets its own Hulu adaptation. It tells the story of two college friends and exes (Alison Oliver and Sasha Lane) who meet a married couple (Joe Alwyn and Jemima Kirke) and get very deeply entangled with them, which makes everything very complicated.