A Keeper : A Novel (Paperback)

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This is the first novel I have read by BBC TV presenter Graham Norton and it didn't disappoint! Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland following the death of her mother, to clear the house and put it on the market for sale. She quickly finds some old letters and gradually a story unfolds about both h...

from nicx27

I'm not sure what I expected from this book, my first by Graham Norton, but it wasn't what I got. For the first few chapters I couldn't help but read it imagining Norton's slightly mocking tone of voice but once I put that aside I was thoroughly engrossed in this dual timeline novel. This is a st...

from Kathl33n

What an interesting story this was! I haven't read the author's first book, but have heard so many great things that I was excited to give this one a try. It was filled with really great characters that just popped to life on the pages and I especially enjoyed the tour around parts of Ireland. Th...

from SquirrelHead

The big draw for me was the Irish setting, an old house and a mystery about a past life. The book is divided by chapters titled Now and Then. We start off in present with Elizabeth Keane returning to her childhood home in Ireland. Her mother has died and Elizabeth must clear out the house and mak...

from ahef1963

Elizabeth Keane, a university professor in New York City, returns to Ireland, her native land, to take care of financial and practical matters after the death of her mother. In a box in a closet, hidden under a duvet, Elizabeth finds love letters written to her mother by a man named Edward Foley,...