rooney. "conversations with friends" was our book club pick for september. sally roney joins me now. welcome to you.th ks for being part of this. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: so in oneay this anplace.om tell us what you were after. >> yol aeay.e utsebse elas a co age story. so you know as you've said it thesrrs atlloro francis.tionip with her ex- girlfriend, her best friend and it's also about theiran encounter with a married couple who to these young womho are 21 in the course of the book.an this couple seem much older sophisticated in fact they're quite young. they're only in their 30's. dublin it's a book set sort of in the present day or the present day. when i was writing this and itur follows the joy of those four characters and the sort of into relationships that develop between them. ry reporter: it's a love s but it's also a kind of running commentary on social life that the ch atearnch repors e econoog crash write ups 2008. what ideas did you want to get across there. >>