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. The new book follows the life of Elizabeth Keane, who grew up a small fictional Irish town called Buncarragh but left for New. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on. LISTEN: From Arena, Eithne Shortall reviews Graham Norton's A Keeper.
And perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light.Ĥ0 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. The house of her childhood is stuffed full of useless things, her mother’s presence already fading. There is nothing here for her she wonders if there ever was. And then the tide turns.Įlizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother’s death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. Graham Nortons book was a wonderful read There were many surprising twists and turns that kept me reading to find out what wss going to happen next. The truth drifts out to sea, riding the waves out of sight. Blurb:įrom the bestselling author of Holding comes a masterly tale of secrets and ill-fated loves set on the coast of Ireland. This book did not fit any of my challenge prompts.
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