Frankie

<p><h3><b>The brand-new novel from million-copy bestseller and national treasure Graham Norton </b></h3><br><b><br>''A magnificent novelist'' <i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br><b>''What a storyteller!'' ELIZABETH DAY</b><br><b>''His writing is evocative and perfect'' MARIAN KEYES</b><br><br>Always on the periphery, looking on, young Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now old, Frankie finds it easier to forget the life that came before.<br><br>Then Damian, a young Irish carer, arrives at her London flat, there 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. <br><br>Travelling 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, for a while, li