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An edition of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
(2012)
The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry
a novel
by Rachel Joyce and Yisi Qiao
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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 wants 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 in person to Queenie--who is 600 miles away.
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Pilgrimage, Walking, Men, Fiction, Letters, Humorous fiction, Self-acceptance, Roman, Englisch, Married people, fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, England, fiction, Fiction, humorous, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Middle-aged men, Redemption, Littérature anglaise, Pensionärer, Brev, Cancer, Döden, Personlig utveckling, Chang pian xiao shuoPeople
Harold Fry, Maureen Fry, Queenie Hennessy, David FryPlaces
Kingsbridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Bath, Exeter, England, Great Britain, ying guoTimes
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The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry: a novel
2015, Anchor Canada
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Die unwahrscheinliche Pilgerreise des Harold Fry: Roman
Apr 24, 2014, FISCHER Taschenbuch
hardcover
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Yi ge ren de chao sheng: The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2013, Beijing lian he chu ban gong si
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7550213526 9787550213524
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2012, Random House
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0812993292 9780812993295
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La lettre qui allait changer le destin d'Harold Fry arriva le mardi: roman
2012, XO éd.
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2361070308 9782361070304
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La lettre qui allait changer le destin d'Harold Fry arriva le mardi.
Sep 20, 2012, France Loisirs
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
Dec 05, 2012, Wheeler Publishing
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Originally published in Canada by Bond Street Books, ©2012. First published by Anchor Canada in 2013.
Includes an excerpt from the companion novel, The love song of Miss Queenie Hennessy.
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Harold Fry has recently retired and now, he doesn't do very much. Even mowing the lawn, like his wife Maureen tells him to do, seems too much work for him. When, one day, he recieves a lettre in a pink envelope, this lazyness changes. In it, his collegue from long time ago, Queenie Hennessy, tells him she is going to die soon from a cancer in a hospice at the other end of England. Harold, at first helpless, decides not only to write her back, but to walk the whole way from Kingsbridge to Berwick-upon-Tweed.
During his walk, he will not only meet a lot of people, listen to their story, but also make a journey into his own past, his relation to both Maureen and Quennie and his son David. He is walking to save Queenie, but is he also saving himself?
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- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Wikipedia
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce – review
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce – review
- Quiet Man Gets a Life and Also a Blister
- Rachel Joyce’s “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,” reviewed by Ron Charles
- New York Times review
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