The debut novel from Rachel Joyce--an international bestseller, a brilliant success and the start of a generation of Harold Fry-like characters. Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say she is in hospice and wanted to say goodbye. Leaving his tense, bitter wife Maureen to her chores, Harold intends a quick walk to the corner mailbox to post his reply but instead, ...
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The debut novel from Rachel Joyce--an international bestseller, a brilliant success and the start of a generation of Harold Fry-like characters. Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say she is in hospice and wanted to say goodbye. Leaving his tense, bitter wife Maureen to her chores, Harold intends a quick walk to the corner mailbox to post his reply but instead, inspired by a chance encounter, he becomes convinced he must deliver his message to Queenie in person--who is six hundred miles away. So without hiking boots, rain gear, map or cell phone, one of the most endearing characters in current fiction begins his unlikely pilgrimage across the English countryside. Along the way, strangers stir up memories--flashbacks, often painful, from when his marriage was filled with promise and then not, of his inadequacy as a father and of his shortcomings as a husband. Ironically, his wife Maureen, shocked by her husband's sudden absence, begins to long for his presence. Is it possible for Harold and Maureen to bridge the distance between them? And will Queenie be alive to see Harold arrive at her door?
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I loved this book, and I loved Harold and his adventures, and the many characters he came in contact with.
I loved that he traveled so far to see his dying friend. It was very sad at the end, but well worth a few tears shed.
This is a must read.
Gerrie
Mar 24, 2015
The Netherlands
I, a student English ( aged 70) in the Netherlands and my fellow students, all over 65, are very satisfied about the quality of the books (11) and the way of delivery.
I'll and can recommend Alibris.
Lynn G. W
Oct 13, 2012
Unexpected Treasure
A very quiet, moving, and surprising book that tells a marvelous story of people changing and healing without resounding drama, but instead a deep feeling of change and redemption that all comes about through an impulse.