Immersive, stunningly written and very emotional - this is a triumph'JENNIE GODFREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things 'Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'I couldn't stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I've finished' NIGELLA LAWSON'A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel' SARAH WINMAN, author of Still LifeFrankie 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.