From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story.
Rachel Joyce lives with her family in Gloucestershire..
She is also the author of the short story, A Faraway Smell of Lemon and is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.
Rachel Joyce was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards \'New Writer of the Year\' in December 2012.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages.
Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Perfect.
And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect.
Told in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novel about the journey we all must take to learn who we are; it is about loving and letting go.
It was the beginning.
She was wrong.
As the volunteer points out, ‘Even though you’ve done your travelling, you’re starting a new journey too.’ Queenie thought her first Letter would be the end of the story.
In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past.
How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests That Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything.
Her note had explained she was dying.
When Queenie Hennessy discovers That Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked.
From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story
