Home Stretch

Home Stretch: the moving, wise story of shame, acceptance and finding your way back home

'Full of heart and humanity . . . I loved every single page'
ELIZABETH DAY

'Beautiful and heartbreaking'
PANDORA SYKES

'Intelligent and tenderly observed'
THE TIMES

It is 1987 and a small Irish community is shattered by a terrible accident. Young Connor is one of the survivors, but staying among the angry and the mourning is more than he can bear. He leaves the only place he knows, taking his secrets with him.

Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he eventually makes a home for himself in New York. The city provides shelter and possibility, somewhere Connor can forget his past and start a new life. But the longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behind will not be silenced. And before long, Connor will have to confront his past.

'A subtle portrait of small-town Ireland . . . a kind, wise, perceptive novel'
DAVID MITCHELL

'The kind of warmth and magical storytelling that puts me in mind of the late, great Maeve Binchy . . . a writer of real strength and talent'
LORRAINE KELLY

'One of those books that stays with you so long after you've finished it'
NIGELLA LAWSON

Readers adore Home Stretch

'A treasure of a book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'A story that will stay with me for a long time' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Honest, moving, unputdownable. I didn't want it to finish' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'The best yet. The writing is so beautiful' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐


Genre: Literary Fiction

"Graham Norton's examination of small-town Irish lives continues in his deeply moving third novel. He is a magnificent writer." - John Boyne

"Full of heart and humanity and I loved every single page. What a storyteller!" - Elizabeth Day

"[Graham Norton is a] king of the page turners... A total triumph." - Anne Griffin

"Graham Norton's new novel has me in floods... His gift for characterisation is positively Binchy-esque! Such nuance and warmth! It's GORGEOUS." - Marian Keyes

"Beautifully written. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy read. Utterly fantastic." - Liz Nugent