'Perfectly crafted, a beautiful, gripping account of Irish memory and deceit. 'Charming and tender, a complete joy.' SUNDAY MIRROR 'It's a sad and lovely book, brimful of tenderness and compassion, where the revelations of the past upturn the perceptions of the present.' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Smart, well-written and thoroughly entertaining.' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Moving and darkly funny.' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A gripping, thoughtful tale about the search for identity, belonging and self-possession.' OBSERVER
Will easily be one of my books of 2018.' JOHN BOYNE A powerful, very sad story, beautiful writing, two time frames that are perfectly balanced.
His grasp of human loneliness and longing is beautiful and comforting.' MARIAN KEYES 'A compelling and moving story, expertly told, that will draw you in and keep you in its grip until the last page.' DAILY EXPRESS She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on.Ī Keeper confirms Graham Norton’s status as a fresh and evocative literary voice, and illustrates his clear-eyed understanding of human nature and its darkest flaws.'Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down.' the TIMES But within this mess, she discovers a small stash of letters-and ultimately, the truth.įorty years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, the night quiet except for the constant wind that encircles her as she hurries deeper into the darkness away from the cliffs and the sea. Her childhood home is packed solid with useless junk, her mother’s presence already fading.
When Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother’s death, she’s focused only on saying goodbye to that dark and dismal part of her life. F rom Graham Norton-the BAFTA-award-winning Irish television host and author of the “charming debut novel” ( New York Journal of Books) Holding, a masterly and haunting tale of secrets and ill-fated love follows a young woman who returns to Ireland after her mother’s death and unravels the identity of her father.
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