The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Paperback

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Paperback

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Paperback

by Rachel Joyce
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Joyce's beguiling debut is [a] modest-seeming story of 'ordinary' English lives that enthralls and moves you as it unfolds."--People (four stars)

NOW A MUSICAL AND MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST

Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning a letter arrives, addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl, from a woman he hasn't heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye. But before Harold mails off a quick reply, a chance encounter convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. In his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold Fry embarks on an urgent quest. Determined to walk six hundred miles to the hospice, Harold believes that as long as he walks, Queenie will live. A novel of charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise--and utterly irresistible--storyteller.
ISBN9780812983456
Author Rachel Joyce
PublisherRandom House Trade
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Rachel Joyce

Rachel Joyce is the author of the New York Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, The Music Shop, Miss Benson's Beetle, and Maureen, as well as the collection, A Snow Garden & Other Stories. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Booker Prize, and the critically acclaimed film, for which she also wrote the screenplay, was released in 2023. She was awarded the Specsavers New Writer of the Year National Book Award in December 2012 and was shortlisted for the UK Author of the Year in 2014. Miss Benson's Beetle won the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2021 and in 2024 Rachel was awarded an honorary doctorate by Kingston University. She lives with her family in Gloucestershire, England.

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