{"product_id":"frankie-9780063436473","title":"Frankie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know.\"--Bonnie Garmus, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author and host of \u003cem\u003eThe Graham Norton Show\u003c\/em\u003e, a dazzling and decades-sweeping story about love, bravery, and what it means to live a significant life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways on the periphery, looking on, young Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take center stage--after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now old, Frankie finds it easier to forget the life that came before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Damian, a young Irish caretaker, arrives at her London flat, there 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraveling from post-war Ireland to 1960s New York--a city full of art, larger-than-life characters and turmoil--Frankie shares a world in which friendship and chance encounters collide. A place where, for a while, life blazes with an intensity that can't last but will perhaps live on in other ways and in other people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063436473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graham Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44833855996085,"sku":"9780063436473","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_585b8556-cf0e-486e-aa69-473b98885685.jpg?v=1732030364","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/frankie-9780063436473","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}