Frankie

The instant Sunday Times bestseller

Graham Norton

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Coronet
24 June 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction: special features

'Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know' BONNIE GARMUS

'I couldn't stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I've finished' NIGELLA LAWSON

Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now in her eighties, she finds it easier to forget the life that came before.

Then Damian, a young Irish carer, arrives at her London flat to keep an eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years.

From post-war Ireland to 1960s New York - a city full of art, larger-than-life characters and turmoil - Frankie shares a world in which friendship and chance encounters collide. A place where life blazes with an intensity that can't last but will perhaps live on in other ways and in other people. But as Frankie's past slowly emerges, her spirit and endurance are revealed as undeniable . . . and unforgettable.

By: Graham Norton
Imprint: Coronet
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781529391480
ISBN 10: 1529391482
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 24 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Graham Norton is the author of five hugely successful novels, all of which have been bestsellers in the UK and Ireland and have won or been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. His writing has won him critical acclaim in media and from the literary community across the world. Graham's debut novel Holding was made into a high-profile TV drama in 2022, and Home Stretch and Forever Home have both been optioned for major TV series. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for The Graham Norton Show, which has been running for almost two decades, and is known internationally for commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and as a recurring judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Reviews for Frankie: The instant Sunday Times bestseller

I was enthralled by Frankie from page one. It's a beauty. A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel -- Sarah Winman Wonderful ... [Norton's] sweeping fifth novel traces the life of the eponymous protagonist as she relays it to her young Irish carer * The i * Beautifully warm and empathetic . . . Frankie is one of the most wonderful characters I've come across in a long time * Good Housekeeping * A masterclass in storytelling that grabs you by the heartstrings from page one and refuses to let go * Irish Independent * I was bereft when I turned the last page. I adored Frankie and the storytelling was sublime * Prima, BOOK OF THE MONTH * Travelling from 1940s Ireland to the glamour of New York in the 1960s, this tender and witty story shows that the TV star is a writer to reckon with * Best * Frankie is popular fiction at its best... Beautifully crafted and impeccably researched * Irish Examiner * An eventful story about well-drawn characters... Compelling, interesting and enjoyable * Irish Times *