The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
A retired man receives a letter from an old friend who is dying and decides to walk 600 miles across England to save her.
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Retired English brewery worker Harold Fry walks out of his coastal Devon house one morning to post a letter to a former colleague named Queenie Hennessy, dying of cancer in a Berwick-upon-Tweed hospice, and on a small impulse keeps walking. The route is six hundred miles in his yachting shoes.
Yes. A 2023 film adaptation directed by Hettie Macdonald and starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton was released. Rachel Joyce wrote the screenplay.
Rachel Joyce has written three connected novels: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, and Maureen, completing a loose trilogy from different perspectives.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was written by Rachel Joyce, published in 2013 by Random House Trade Paperback.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is 344 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a standalone novel by Rachel Joyce, not part of a series.
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