A Keeper: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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This is a fabulous little book and I read it from start to finish in one sitting wanting to know more. I wasn't bored for one minute, I thought the story unfolded very well , with new snippets of information added all the time.

I read Graham Norton's first novel mostly out of curiosity but found the writing very good, now after reading this book I will look out for his novels for the entertaining emotive writing. Whilst I expected Elizabeth’s discovery of her origins to be revelatory and of momentous importance to her the fairly muted, and abrupt ending, proved a bit of a damp squib. While I certainly understood Elizabeth's quest for information, I felt she was a fairly impulsive character. From there we have Elizabeth traveling back to where her father lived and finding out about what led her mother to him all of those years ago. She is less than keen on her remaining family, riddled with conflict and devious machinations, but she has to clear her mother's house with a view to selling it.This is the 2nd novel I have read by Graham Norton and once again I am so impressed with his writing. He is the host of the comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show and the BBC commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest.

He presents The Graham Norton Show on BBC1, a show on BBC Radio 2 every Saturday, and is a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. When it comes to relationships, there is not much in the way of cheering fare, with disappointment, intrigue, darkness, and stoicism from two different eras. Graham William Walker is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist, known by his stage name Graham Norton. I've not yet read Norton's first novel but it got good reviews, so when I was given the chance to read this as an ARC, I went for it. Stumbling across a small wooden box of letters penned to her mother in the early Seventies in response to a lonely hearts advert by the man she has been told is her father it provides her first opportunity to learn more about Edward Foley.His first novel I loved so when I seen he had this new novel coming out, I just had to get myself a copy. Known for his quick wit Graham began hosting a variety of talent shows on BBC One from Strictly Dance Fever and Andrew Lloyd Webber's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? We certainly didn't see it coming and when it arrives it will knock the chair right out from under you.

As she is sorting through the effects of a lifetime, she discovers a box of letters that reveal her mother as Elizabeth never imagined. It's a bit of a roller coaster of discoveries and reveals, balancing between darkness and kindness all the way.I just think that there were too many things happening and that Norton didn't make sure that both POVs worked well. I've read a previous book by Graham Norton, - 'Holding' - and enjoyed it, which is why I wanted to pick this one up too. He is visiting his gay father, Elliot in California, a man he has seen little of since his parents acrimonious split.