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Home Stretch

By: Graham Norton
Narrated by: Graham Norton
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Compelling new novel of stigma and secrecy from Sunday Times best seller.

It is 1987, and a small Irish community is preparing for the wedding of two of its young inhabitants. They're barely adults, not so long out of school and still part of the same set of friends they've grown up with. As the friends head home from the beach that last night before the wedding, there is a car accident. Three survive the crash, but three are killed. And the reverberations are felt throughout the small town.

Connor, the young driver of the car, lives. But staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the shame and so he leaves the only place he knows for another life.

Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, by the noughties he has made a home - of sorts - for himself in New York.

The city provides shelter and possibility for the displaced, somewhere Connor can forget his past and forge a new life.

But the secrets, the unspoken longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behind will not be silenced. And before long, Connor will have to meet his past.

©2020 Graham Norton (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Fiction Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Heartfelt
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Such prowess with words and nuance. Loved every minute. Graham is perfect army narrating as well.

Brilliant

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This book was enjoyable on all levels. The performance was very good and the storyline very intriguing.

A very enjoyable story

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Great storyline. Very well written and read. Definitely a big fan of ‘writer Graham’ now!

Great story. Very well written and read

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I didn’t want it to end. GN captures the essence of the familiar that rings true for all readers.

Great read/listen

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Really enjoyed this book. Graham does an amazing job with the accents. Especially the American accent 🤣❤️❤️❤️

Fabulous!

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