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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce
Random House
August 2012
On Sale: July 24, 2012
336 pages
ISBN: 0812993292
EAN: 9780812993295
Kindle: B0074D3CAQ
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Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small
English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated
by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters
his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then
one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of
quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a
shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn’t seen or heard from in
twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing
to say goodbye. Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her
chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in
the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance
encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must
deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins
the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyce’s
remarkable debut. Harold Fry is determined to walk six
hundred miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in
Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he
walks, Queenie Hennessey will live. Still in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks
on his urgent quest across the countryside. Along the way he
meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom
unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise.
Memories of his first dance with Maureen, his wedding day,
his joy in fatherhood, come rushing back to him—allowing him
to also reconcile the losses and the regrets. As for
Maureen, she finds herself missing Harold for the first time
in years. And then there is the unfinished business with Queenie Hennessy.
A novel of unsentimental 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.
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