''Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know'' BONNIE GARMUS
''I couldn''t stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I''ve finished'' NIGELLA LAWSON
''I was enthralled by Frankie from page one. It''s a beauty. A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel'' SARAH WINMAN
''Frankie is a perfect song of a book and everyone who likes human beings should read it'' ANDREW O''HAGAN
Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now in her eighties, she finds it easier to forget the life that came before.
Then Damian, a young Irish carer, arrives at her London flat to keep an eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years.
From post-war Ireland to 1960s New York - a city full of art, larger-than
