Frankie

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 the dazzling art scene of 1960s New York, Frankie shares a world in which friendships 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.

I was enthralled by Frankie from page one. It's a beauty. A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel -- Sarah Winman
Wonderful ... [Norton's] sweeping fifth novel traces the life of the eponymous protagonist as she relays it to her young Irish carer The i
Beautifully warm and empathetic . . . Frankie is one of the most wonderful characters I've come across in a long time Good Housekeeping
A masterclass in storytelling that grabs you by the heartstrings from page one and refuses to let go Irish Independent
I was bereft when I turned the last page. I adored Frankie and the storytelling was sublime Prima, BOOK OF THE MONTH
Travelling from 1940s Ireland to the glamour of New York in the 1960s, this tender and witty story shows that the TV star is a writer to reckon with Best
Frankie is popular fiction at its best... Beautifully crafted and impeccably researched Irish Examiner
An eventful story about well-drawn characters... Compelling, interesting and enjoyable Irish Times

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.

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