Whilst staying at the house she finds a bundle of letters from her father, who she has never met, to her mother prior to when they were married. The book starts with Elizabeth going back to Ireland to pack up her mother’s house who has recently passed away. “I read this in one sitting and the story picked you up and swept you along until the very end. Our readers loved A Keeper – here are some of their comments: The book was selected with the help of a panel of library staff from across the UK.
With skill and sensitivity Norton once again demonstrates his assuredness at drawing memorable characters in possession of all those frailties, longings and flaws that make us human. This compelling new novel confirms Graham Norton’s status as a fresh, literary voice. She has no sense of where she is going only that she must keep on. When she chances upon a small stash of letters the past begins to break open at last, casting a shadow across Elizabeth’s present – and her future.Ĥ0 years earlier a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, hurrying 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. A KeeperĮlizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother’s death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life.
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It is released on Thursday 4 October and Graham will be on the show on Wednesday 10 October. The first book to be featured on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club will be A Keeper, the brilliant second novel by Graham Norton.
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