PRE-ORDER NOW! The brand-new novel from million-copy bestseller and national treasure Graham
Norton - a dazzling decades-sweeping story about love bravery and what it means 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
beings should read it'' ANDREW O''HAGAN Always on the periphery looking on young Frankie
Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all life had already
judged her harshly. Now old Frankie finds it easier to forget the life that came before. Then
Damian a young Irish carer arrives at her London flat there 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. 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 which friendship and chance encounters collide. A place where for a while 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
