The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
by:
Rachel Joyce (author)
When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking....
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When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780552778091 (0552778095)
ASIN: 0552778095
Publish date: 2013-01-02
Publisher: Black Swan
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Very often, when I'm enjoying a book, I experience a certain amount of trepidation about where it's going to end up. Many a promising book has fallen apart in the last third, usually because a clever premise lacks the necessary legs, or an equally clever conclusion, or the not-clever conclusion does...
You know when you just pop out to the post office to send a letter and end up walking to Scotland? Gosh, I hate when that happens.This book is a little like that very pretty teenage girl who puts too much make up on for no reason.There is no denying that Rachel Joyce can write. Her narrative is slow...