Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he makes a home – of sorts – for himself in New York. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him. But staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the shame of having been the driver. The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them are felt throughout the small town.
The day before the ceremony a group of young friends, including bride and groom, drive out to the beach. It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. Shame and longing can flow through generations, but the secrets of the heart will not be buried for ever. With wistful and evocative prose, A Keeper is sure to appeal to “fans of sensitive character studies” ( Publishers Weekly ) and brilliantly illustrates Graham Norton’s clear-eyed understanding of human nature and its darkest flaws.In the compelling new novel, Home Stretch, Graham Norton demonstrates his keen understanding of the power of stigma and secrecy – with quietly devastating results. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on. But within this mess, she discovers a small stash of letters - and ultimately, the truth.įorty years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, the night quiet except for the constant wind that encircles her as she hurries deeper into the darkness away from the cliffs and the sea. Her childhood home is packed solid with useless junk, her mother’s presence already fading. When Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother’s death, she’s focused only on saying goodbye to that dark and dismal part of her life.
From Graham Norton - the BAFTA Award–winning Irish television host and author of the “charming debut novel” ( New York Journal of Books ) Holding - a masterly and haunting tale of secrets and ill-fated love follows a young woman as she returns to Ireland after her mother’s death and unravels the identity of her father.
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