Frankie by Graham Norton

The brand-new novel from million-copy bestseller and national treasure GrahamNorton – a dazzling, decades-sweeping story about love, bravery and what itmeans to live a significant life.

‘Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know’

BONNIE GARMUS

‘I couldn't stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I've finished’

NIGELLA LAWSON

‘I was enthralled by Frankie from page one. It's a beauty. A warm,deeply moving, life-enhancing novel’

SARAH WINMAN

‘Frankie is a perfect song of a book and everyone who likes human beingsshould read it’

ANDREW O'HAGAN

Always on the periphery, looking on, young Frankie Howe was never quite sureenough of herself to take centre stage – after all, life had already judgedher harshly. Now old, Frankie finds it easier to forget the life that camebefore.

Then Damian, a young Irish carer, arrives at her London flat, there to keepan eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the pastcrackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored awayall these years.

Travelling from post-war Ireland to 1960s New York – a city full of art,larger than life characters and turmoil – Frankie shares a world in whichfriendship and chance encounters collide. A place where, for a while, lifeblazes with an intensity that can't last but will perhaps live on in other waysand in other people. But as Frankie's past slowly emerges, her spirit andendurance are revealed as undeniable . . . and unforgettable.

‘Immersive, stunningly written, and very emotional – this is atriumph’

JENNIE GODFREY

‘Fascinating, funny, sad… Every page is intriguing. Once again, Grahamshows his class as a writer’

JO BRAND

‘Packed with surprises, it's moving, riveting and enriching’

MATT CAIN

‘A great sweep of a novel, full of unexpected twists’

LISSA EVANS

• Graham Norton's most recent novel Forever Home was a Sunday Times top10 bestseller in April 2023

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