A Keeper
The gripping and atmospheric bestselling novel of family secrets from the author of FRANKIE
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4.3 • 12 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
A Keeper: the tale of secrets and ill-fated loves, set on the coast of Ireland
'Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down'
THE TIMES
'A gripping, thoughtful tale'
OBSERVER
'Magnificent'
MARIAN KEYES
Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, intent only on wrapping up that part of her life. And perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light.
Forty years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house into the darkness, and away from the cliffs and the sea. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on.
As family secrets and ill-fated loves unfold across generations, the revelations of the past begin the transform the present.
'A beautiful, gripping account of Irish memory and deceit'
ANDREW O'HAGAN
Readers adore A Keeper
'Within a few chapters, I was hooked and couldn't resist just another page until I put it down, breathless' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A rip-roaring family tale with lots of twists' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Spellbinding' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'It gripped me tighter than I expected . . . unputdownable' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of this engrossing tale of love gone wrong from British author Norton (Holding), Elizabeth Keane a New York divorc e with a 17-year-old son, Zach returns to her childhood home in Buncarragh, Ireland, after the death of her mother, Patricia. While going through her mother's possessions, Elizabeth discovers a box containing love letters written to her mother from her father, Edward Foley. All Elizabeth was previously told about her father is that Patricia left home to visit Edward and, after months without communicating with family or friends, returned widowed with an infant, Elizabeth. When her mother's solicitor informs Elizabeth that she has inherited Castle House, the Foley family manse, she decides to visit there to see what she can learn about her father. Talking to people who knew Edward, she learns more about her mother's tragic love affair with him and past misdeeds. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's relationship with Zach is put to the test as secrets he has been withholding from her are gradually revealed. Norton subtly portrays how Elizabeth's understanding of her past and present undergoes fundamental change. Only marginally a mystery, this one will appeal to fans of sensitive character studies.
