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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Written by Rachel Joyce

Longlisted
The Man Booker Prize 2012
Published by Black Swan

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Harold Fry, the unassuming hero of Rachel Joyce’s life-affirming story, is a man on a mission – to walk more than 600 miles to save a friend

When Harold Fry goes out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife vacuuming 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.

Rachel Joyce

Rachel Joyce

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