is being adapted into a TV show. Suffice to say, we can’t wait. And now, the first photos of the drama have been released, giving us a glimpse into what Marianne and Connell look like irl.
The photos, which have been released by the BBC, show Marianne and Connell in character, with one of her in her school uniform, and another of him playing football. In the book, the pair get together while they are at school - despite their very different backgrounds and they try to keep their romance under wraps. But when they move to university, the entire dynamic changes.
‘But when Connell comes to pick up his mother from her cleaning job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers - one they are determined to conceal. A year later, they’re both studying in Dublin and Marianne has found her feet in a new social world but Connell hangs at the side lines, shy and uncertain.’