It’s a discovery that threatens to decimate every memory and truth Carol shared with the man she once loved. His new novel, A Keeper, is a twisted tale of secrets and ill-fated loves that once again demonstrates Norton's understanding of human nature and al. For women, love and unpaid caring duties are often an involuntary undertaking we are forced to perform.Ĭarol frets: “It wasn’t clear what role she could play in his life now.” As so often for women, we are asked to sublimate our needs to those of others – children, to elderly parents, to partners.Īs in all garden-variety watchable TV drama or compelling mainstream novel, there is a murder involved or, more precisely, a dead body. Graham Norton's debut novel Holding was a Sunday Times bestseller and loved by readers everywhere. The ungoverned matter of care-giving and love is inextricable it is a civil duty demanded of half the world’s population. president, and CEO of two companies, espondents Norton LLC and Bill Graham R Archives, LLC, to commercially exploit those bootleg concert recordings online on a massive scale.
Don’t be surprised if you can’t put it down. Keep a box of tissues handy for when you do power through it. He weaved together a strong Irish tale of mystery and self-discovery that is sure to hold you from start to finish. Norton paints a frank picture of the harrowing fatigue involved in caring. A Keeper is a welcome addition to Graham Norton’s growing fiction portfolio. But her transition from teacher to stepmother drives a wedge between Declan and his children, Sally and Killian.Īfter Declan is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, Carol stops teaching and turns to full-time care of her partner. A few years earlier, Declan’s wife Joan had mysteriously “abandoned her family” – though rumours still circulate. Carol Crottie has found a second chance at love with her student’s father, Declan Barry.
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