Home Stretch
The powerful Sunday Times bestselling novel of exile and belonging from the author of FRANKIE
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Home Stretch: the moving, wise story of shame, acceptance and finding your way back home
'Full of heart and humanity . . . I loved every single page'
ELIZABETH DAY
'Beautiful and heartbreaking'
PANDORA SYKES
'Intelligent and tenderly observed'
THE TIMES
It is 1987 and a small Irish community is shattered by a terrible accident. Young Connor is one of the survivors, but staying among the angry and the mourning is more than he can bear. He leaves the only place he knows, taking his secrets with him.
Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he eventually makes a home for himself in New York. The city provides shelter and possibility, somewhere Connor can forget his past and start a new life. But the longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behind will not be silenced. And before long, Connor will have to confront his past.
'A subtle portrait of small-town Ireland . . . a kind, wise, perceptive novel'
DAVID MITCHELL
'The kind of warmth and magical storytelling that puts me in mind of the late, great Maeve Binchy . . . a writer of real strength and talent'
LORRAINE KELLY
'One of those books that stays with you so long after you've finished it'
NIGELLA LAWSON
Readers adore Home Stretch
'A treasure of a book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A story that will stay with me for a long time' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Honest, moving, unputdownable. I didn't want it to finish' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'The best yet. The writing is so beautiful' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A national treasure as a broadcaster, Graham Norton set himself on a path towards also becoming one of Britain and Ireland’s favourite authors with his first two novels Holding and A Keeper. This third maintains that trajectory via the engrossing story of lives transforming in the wake of a car crash that has devastating consequences for a small Irish town. Spanning decades and continents, Home Stretch explores guilt, shame, prejudice and identity, and how a person’s past can change as much as their future when, in a jaw-dropping twist, long-buried secrets surface. Zooming in on the lives of Connor and Ellen, siblings forced apart by the tragedy, Norton crafts two authentic, nuanced characters whose sadnesses and joys will tug at your heart throughout.
