Forever Home: THIS AUTUMN'S MUST-READ NOVEL FROM GRAHAM NORTON

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His skill at gimlet-eyed observation and nuanced characterisation is *chef's kiss* but this book is SO FUNNY. Having read all of Graham Norton books and in my opinion getting better with each book I was really looking forward to this book. He’s seemingly revelling in a second chance at a relationship, too, given the wife of his two adult children mysteriously disappeared years ago.

LIZA, a professor, is pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves and GRACE, their dawdling youngest daughter, lives a lie that no one in her family suspects. After all, Declan's wife, Joanna, deserted them long ago when their children were young and no one has heard from or seen her since. The fictional town of Ballytoor is small and nearly everyone went to the same school; the one where Carol teaches.This one actually probably most resembles Holding (which I would consider his weakest) in the sense that it is effectively a dark comedy, a caper, veering into farce at times. Before that afternoon she had never thought she was that desperate for a child, but Killian’s big smug face had triggered something.

Once you accept this is what it is, it’s a very enjoyable read, full of warmth and humour, and an excellent character in Moira. Their mother abandoned them years ago, and they don’t like the idea of Carol moving in and replacing their mother in Declan’s affections.His wife abandoned the family home many years ago and there is an air of mystery surrounding her disappearance.

It is a heartwarming story about finding your place in the world, even when things don’t go according to plan. Even when they are behaving despicably there is a warmth to the writing that reminds us that life, people, their motivations and decisions are never simple, never black and white.

He then secured a prime time slot on Channel 4 with his chat shows So Graham Norton and V Graham Norton . He then secured a prime time slot on Channel 4 with his chat shows So Graham Norton and V Graham Norton. As I said below, I had only seen and liked the tv series based on Norton's first novel, Holding, so didn't really have expectations for this book.