A Keeper: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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This is where the story begins shifting back and forth between present day and the early 1970s, before Elizabeth was born. She didn't really stay in touch with her mother and even when she was dying didn't seem to see the need to be there.

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 next chapter is the "Now" and we meet a young single mom who has just learned her mom has passed. The book was originally issued with a clear plastic cover which I assumed it was still in from the photo. I maybe at one point while reading this ARC said are you serious and then started muttering to myself about just DNFing it. She's a single mother raising her 17 year old son and dealing with the fall out of her marriage still.

There was a creepy ‘Rebecca’ feel to Patricia’s sections, the isolated house perched alongside a ruined castle on the wild coast – Ireland, not Cornwall, but still – a strange man, a crazed old woman, and secrets galore! I cannot say much here it would ruin the story ,very sad thread in it and a desperate act that tore lives apart. No spoilers here, but the plot is intriguing, and the truth revealed proves that life sometimes prepares for us most extraordinary surprises, just like for Elizabeth. Living in America has left a void in Elizabeth as she tries to interact with her extended Irish family.Elizabeth thinks she knows her mother inside out, but her confidence in this takes a huge knock when she discovers a pile of ribbon wrapped letters in the back of Patricia's wardrobe. Graham Norton has fast become my go-to author when I’m in need of a guaranteed good read or a reading reset.