The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0552779040 Global Overview for this book
Registered by marsala of - Ergens in de provincie, Noord-Brabant Netherlands on 12/9/2013
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Journal Entry 1 by marsala from - Ergens in de provincie, Noord-Brabant Netherlands on Monday, December 9, 2013
Hi and Welcome to Bookcrossing!

If you found this book and are not familiar with BookCrossing, thanks for checking the site out. Welcome! Enjoy both the book and the site.

People all over the world are tracking their books through BookCrossing.

I really hope you'll journal this book! You can stay anonymous if you like. You can journal the book right now! You don’t have to read it first. Ideally, you will post a journal now saying that you’ve found this particular book, then read (and hopefully enjoy) the book. When you’re done reading, come back here and let us know when and where you will pass the book on to another reader. Give a review if you’d like. If you journal it, you can come back anytime to track its journey.

If you decide to join – and it’s FREE - please consider using me, Marsala, as the member who referred you. If you are already familiar with BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book.

Either way, I hope you'll make a journal entry so all previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Happy reading and Happy BookCrossing!

Journal Entry 2 by marsala at Wishlist Tag Game , A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Monday, December 16, 2013

Released 10 yrs ago (12/16/2013 UTC) at Wishlist Tag Game , A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On it's way to creativechaos as part of the wishlist tag game on the dutch forum.

Journal Entry 3 by wingcreativeChaoswing at - Ergens in de provincie, Groningen Netherlands on Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Summary:
Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn’t seen or heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye.

Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyce’s remarkable debut. Harold Fry is determined to walk six hundred miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, Queenie Hennessey will live.

Still in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks on his urgent quest across the countryside. Along the way he meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise. Memories of his first dance with Maureen, his wedding day, his joy in fatherhood, come rushing back to him—allowing him to also reconcile the losses and the regrets. As for Maureen, she finds herself missing Harold for the first time in years.

And then there is the unfinished business with Queenie Hennessy.

A novel of unsentimental 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.

Journal Entry 4 by wingcreativeChaoswing at - Ergens in de provincie, Groningen Netherlands on Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Tadaaaa here is Harold Fry. I read about him a while ago and immediately added him to my wishlist, as one of these books I still want to read in the future.

But guess what?? The future is now...due to my contribution to the game tikkertje/tag I won the pocket of Harold Fry and the generous person who sent it to me is Marsala!

Thanks so much...I'm really curious to read it, and to read what you found of Harold Fry and his whereabouts...!

Journal Entry 5 by wingcreativeChaoswing at Restaurant 't Ailand in Lauwersoog, Groningen Netherlands on Sunday, September 7, 2014

Released 9 yrs ago (9/7/2014 UTC) at Restaurant 't Ailand in Lauwersoog, Groningen Netherlands

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This Unlikely wonderful book has been put on one of the tables of the unlikely restaurant 't Ailand in the harbour of Lauwersoog. Ready for another trip to some reader's heart!

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