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Product details
- ISBN 9781529391480
- Weight: 214g
- Dimensions: 126 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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⭐ The beloved Sunday Times bestseller ⭐
'I couldn't stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I've finished' Nigella Lawson
'Wonderful' The i
'A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
'A masterclass in storytelling that grabs you by the heartstrings from page one and refuses to let go' Sunday Independent
Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now in her eighties, she finds it easier to forget the life that came before.
Then Damian, a young Irish carer, arrives at her London flat to keep an eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years.
From post-war Ireland to 1960s New York - a city full of art, larger-than-life characters and turmoil - Frankie shares a world in which friendship and chance encounters collide. A place where life blazes with an intensity that can't last but will perhaps live on in other ways and in other people. But as Frankie's past slowly emerges, her spirit and endurance are revealed as undeniable . . . and unforgettable.
'Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
'Frankie is one of the most wonderful characters I've come across in a long time' Good Housekeeping
'A perfect song of a book' Andrew O'Hagan, author of Caledonian Road
'Immersive, stunningly written, and very emotional - this is a triumph' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
'I was bereft when I turned the last page. I adored Frankie and the storytelling was sublime' Prima, Book of the Month
'I couldn't stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I've finished' Nigella Lawson
'Wonderful' The i
'A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
'A masterclass in storytelling that grabs you by the heartstrings from page one and refuses to let go' Sunday Independent
Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now in her eighties, she finds it easier to forget the life that came before.
Then Damian, a young Irish carer, arrives at her London flat to keep an eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years.
From post-war Ireland to 1960s New York - a city full of art, larger-than-life characters and turmoil - Frankie shares a world in which friendship and chance encounters collide. A place where life blazes with an intensity that can't last but will perhaps live on in other ways and in other people. But as Frankie's past slowly emerges, her spirit and endurance are revealed as undeniable . . . and unforgettable.
'Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
'Frankie is one of the most wonderful characters I've come across in a long time' Good Housekeeping
'A perfect song of a book' Andrew O'Hagan, author of Caledonian Road
'Immersive, stunningly written, and very emotional - this is a triumph' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
'I was bereft when I turned the last page. I adored Frankie and the storytelling was sublime' Prima, Book of the Month
Graham Norton is the author of five hugely successful novels, all of which have been bestsellers in the UK and Ireland and have won or been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. His writing has won him critical acclaim in media and from the literary community across the world. Graham's debut novel Holding was made into a high-profile TV drama in 2022, and Home Stretch and Forever Home have both been optioned for major TV series.
He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for The Graham Norton Show, which has been running for almost two decades, and is known internationally for commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and as a recurring judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
