![]() ![]() Graham Norton: ‘The BBC don't defend themselves robustly enough’ Her mother has been dead for five months, and Patricia still finds herself setting the table for two. Then aged 32, she is considered “most definitely on the shelf”. And when Elizabeth finds she has been left a seaside cottage in the will, the quest into the truth of her origins begins.Īrtfully intercut with Elizabeth’s story is that of her mother, Patricia, 40 years earlier. As she clears out her mother’s personal effects, she discovers a bundle of letters that appear to be from the father she has never known. Her return invokes a series of unanswered questions, not least her mother’s refusal to shed light on Elizabeth’s paternity. ![]() She is a university lecturer, separated from her husband, and living in New York with her 17-year-old son. His follow-up again demonstrates these virtues.Įlizabeth Keane has returned to the Irish village of her childhood, after the death of her mother. Graham Norton’s 2016 debut novel, Holding, surprised critics with its empathy, delicate characterisation and strong plotting. ![]()
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