{"product_id":"9781529391480","title":"Frankie : The most courageous heroine you'll meet this year, from the Sunday Times bestselling author","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Norton, Graham\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 June 2025 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Coronet Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages, n\/a\u003cbr\u003e128 x 199 x 24 | 214g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Immersive, stunningly written and very emotional - this is a triumph'JENNIE GODFREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things  'Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'I couldn't stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I've finished' NIGELLA LAWSON'A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel' SARAH WINMAN, author of Still LifeFrankie 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom post-war Ireland to the dazzling art scene of 1960s New York, Frankie shares a world in which friendships 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55085880279364,"sku":"9781529391480","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9781529391480.jpg?v=1754908823","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9781529391480","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}