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A Keeper

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Dear Lonely Leinster Lady,

I'm not really sure how to begin . . .

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The truth drifts out to sea, riding the waves out of sight. And then the tide turns.


Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. There is nothing here for her; she wonders if there ever was. The house of her childhood is stuffed full of useless things, her mother's presence already fading. And perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light.

40 years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, the night quiet but for the tireless wind that circles her as she hurries further into the darkness away from the cliffs and the sea. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on.

This compelling new novel confirms Graham Norton's status as a fresh, literary voice, bringing his clear-eyed understanding of human nature and its darkest flaws.

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Praise for Holding, winner of the Irish Book Awards' Book of the Year 2016



'Poised and perceptive' Sunday Times

'... a deftly plotted story as moving as it is compelling' Sunday Mirror

'Deeply accomplished ... brilliantly observed' Good Housekeeping


'... one of the more authentic debuts I've read in recent years ... in such an understated manner, eschewing linguistic eccentricity ... in favour of genuine characters and tender feeling ... this is a fine novel
' John Boyne, Irish Times

'It is beautiful and yet devastatingly sad' Daily Express

'Strenuously charming ... surprisingly tender' Metro

'Heartwarming and observant' Stylist

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781473664982
Publication date: 4th October 2018
Author: Graham Norton
Publisher: Coronet an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 336 pages
Primary Genre Crime and Mystery