{"product_id":"home-stretch-9780063112100","title":"Home Stretch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this \"compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner\" (\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e), the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling writer and acclaimed television host explores the aftermath of a tragedy on a small-town to illuminate the shame and longing that can flow through generations--and how the secrets of the heart cannot stay be buried forever.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony, a group of young friends, including the bride and groom, are involved in an accident. Three survive. Three are killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them ripple throughout the small town. Connor survived, but living among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as carrying the shame of having been the driver. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him. Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he eventually makes a home--of sorts--for himself in New York, where he finds shelter and the possibility of forging a new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the secrets--the unspoken longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behind--will not be silenced. Before long, Connor will have to confront his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful and timely novel of emigration and return, \u003cem\u003eHome Stretch\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates Norton's keen understanding of the power of stigma and secrecy--and their devastating effect on ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorton, Graham:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGraham Norton is the author of the novels Holding, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and won the 2016 Irish Independent Popular Fiction Award, and \u003cem\u003eA Keeper.\u003c\/em\u003e One of the UK's best loved broadcasters, Graham has won eight BAFTAs and is the host of \u003cem\u003eThe Graham Norton Show\u003c\/em\u003e on BBC1 and BBC America, has a weekly show on BBC Radio 2, and writes a column for the \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in Dublin and raised in West Cork, he now lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645160263954,"sku":"9780063112100","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc939668-12c8-4d5b-8c0a-7981ef930082.jpg?v=1733141125","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/home-stretch-9780063112100","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}