Rachel Joyce

Når pensjonisten Harold Fry går ut av huset en morgen for å poste et brev mens kona gjør rent, har han ingen anelse om at han er i ferd med å legge ut på en reise fra Sør- til Nord-England. Til fots. Han har ikke skikkelige sko, ikke kart, slett ikke kompass, han har verken regntøy eller mobiltelefon. Han vet bare at han må gå. For å redde livet til en kvinne han kjente for lenge siden. Queenie, som har skrevet til ham og fortalt at hun skal dø. «En sjarmerende, vittig og magisk roman om å være menneske - om å holde fast ved håpet.» Tom Egeland, forfatter «(...) sabla godt skrevet, spennende, og uforutsigbar!» Anne B. Ragde, forfatter

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) IN DEVELOPMENT AS A 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.

He just might be a hero for us all. ____________________'A gorgeously hopeful book' OPRAH MAGAZINE'A funny book, a wise book, a charming book . One man's walk along the length of England to save the life of a dying woman . I loved Harold and Maureen and their separate journeys .