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Home Stretch

The powerful Sunday Times bestselling novel of exile and belonging from the author of FRANKIE
By Graham Norton
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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... Read More
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The powerful and timely novel of emigration and return, stigma and secrecy, from beloved Sunday Times bestselling author Graham Norton

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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

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

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399769990

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sceptre

Illustration: n/a

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Graham Norton is the author of five hugely successful novels, all of which have been bestsellers in the UK and Ireland and have won or been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. His writing has won him critical acclaim in media and from the literary community across the world. Graham's debut novel Holding was made into a high-profile TV drama in 2022, and Home Stretch and Forever Home have both been optioned for major TV series.

He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for The Graham Norton Show, which has been running for almost two decades, and is known internationally for commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and as a recurring judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

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