Home Stretch: the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the An Post Irish Popula

Description: Home Stretch by Graham Norton Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description In the compelling new novel, Home Stretch, Graham Norton demonstrates his keen understanding of the power of stigma and secrecy - with quietly devastating results. Publisher Description [A] compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner. THE SUNDAY TIMESBeautiful and heartbreaking. PANDORA SYKESA real page-turner, the kind of warmth and magical storytelling that puts me in mind of the late, great Maeve Binchy... a writer of real strength and talent. LORRAINE KELLY, ITVintelligent and tenderly observed THE TIMESThis is a consuming story [...] delivering confident, considered truths - IRISH SUNDAY TIMESFull of heart and humanity and I loved every single page. What a storyteller! ELIZABETH DAYa thoughtful examination of sexual identity, shame, and the impact of collective grief OBSERVERGraham Nortons new novel has me in floods... His gift for characterisation is positively Binchy-esque! Such nuance and warmth! Its GORGEOUS MARIAN KEYESI loved HOME STRETCH ... one of those books that stays with you so long after youve finished it NIGELLA LAWSONA subtle portrait of small-town Ireland; an unblinking study of shame & homophobia; a map of cultural shifts between 1980s & now; a kind, wise, perceptive novel by an author rich in these qualities. DAVID MITCHELLBeautifully written. Fasten your seatbelts, its going to be a bumpy read. Utterly fantastic. LIZ NUGENTGraham Nortons examination of small-town Irish lives continues in his deeply moving third novel. He is a magnificent writer. JOHN BOYNE[Graham Norton is a] king of the page turners... A total triumph ANNE GRIFFINWhat right has such a successful entertainer to write a novel as good as this? SUNDAY EXPRESSHome Stretch is a wonderful display - IRISH TIMES WEEKENDThis book goes down a treat [...] A welcome feat of the imagination. Highly recommended. - BUSINESS POSTHis most accomplished and thoughtful [novel] yet - RTE GUIDEShame and longing can flow through generations, but the secrets of the heart will not be buried for ever.It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony a group of young friends, including bride and groom, drive out to the beach. There is an accident. Three survive, but three are killed. The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them are felt throughout the small town. Connor is one of the survivors. But staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the shame of having been the driver. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him. Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he makes a home - of so Author Biography Graham Norton has written four other novels, all Sunday Times bestsellers, in the UK and Ireland. His fiction writing has won him critical acclaim from across all media and the literary community. Holding won the An Post Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction. A Keeper was shortlisted for both the Specsavers Popular Fiction Award and the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction. Home Stretch won the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction and has been optioned for a major TV series. Holding was made into a high-profile ITV drama, directed by Kathy Burke, and Forever Home was shortlisted at the 2022 Irish Book Awards. Details ISBN 1473665183 ISBN-13 9781473665187 Title Home Stretch Author Graham Norton Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 368 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton GE_Item_ID:129903359; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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