Frankie: The instant Sunday Times bestseller
Sep 2024 · Hachette UK
4.8star
26 reviews
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'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 beings should read it' ANDREW O'HAGAN
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.
'Immersive, stunningly written, and very emotional - this is a triumph'
JENNIE GODFREY
'Fascinating, funny, sad... Every page is intriguing. Once again, Graham shows 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
'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 beings should read it' ANDREW O'HAGAN
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.
'Immersive, stunningly written, and very emotional - this is a triumph'
JENNIE GODFREY
'Fascinating, funny, sad... Every page is intriguing. Once again, Graham shows 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
Ratings and reviews
4.8
26 reviews
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January 21, 2025
Graham Norton has the speil of an Irish Gaelgor and the attentions of a nutter, he is a fantastic author and nothing like what he protrays to be outside his fantasy world that is his life.
Roseann McManus
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November 16, 2024
loved it. kept me turning the pages. g Norton your a mystery.
Niamh Mann
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January 5, 2025
Another fantastic novel by Graham Norton, absolutely loved it!!
About the author
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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