From the Bookshelf of Nothing But Reading Challenges…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I enjoyed the book, very easy to read, although I was extremely frustrated & irritated by Harold's refusal to do anything about the pain in his calf, & put on some better shoes. How VERY useful it would have been if he'd lost a leg in the process, would that have expiated his imagined crimes? It certainly would have made Maude's life harder. A difficult topic, handled in an unusual way - grief is a strange thing, everyone handles it differently & denying it only makes it worse. 3.5 ★ rounded up.
...more
“People were buying milk, or filling their cars with petrol, or even posting letters. And what no one else knew was the appalling weight of the thing they were carrying inside. The superhuman effort it took sometimes to be normal, and a part of things that appeared both easy and everyday. The loneliness of that.”
This was a wonderful but very sad look into love, loss and the human need to survive. Sometimes our survival is truly that, living and loving life. But sometimes, surviving is just barel ...more
This was a wonderful but very sad look into love, loss and the human need to survive. Sometimes our survival is truly that, living and loving life. But sometimes, surviving is just barel ...more
One morning, Harold Fry receives a letter and, without much thought, he begins a long walk from his home in Devon to Berwick-Upon-Tweed up near the border of Scotland. Harold is retired, his marriage is in tatters and there is a dark and tragic event in his past that he cannot face. Harold's reason for walking is that Queenie, a woman he worked with almost 20 years before, is dying of cancer and he feels that if he walks to her, she'll stay alive.
As he walks, dressed in yachting shoes, shirt and ...more
As he walks, dressed in yachting shoes, shirt and ...more
Without a doubt, my favorite book this year. :)
And we are walking, Harold meets many intersting characters on his journey. Very English book. Did make me cry in the end.
I loved all the characters that Harold met on his journey. I would say this is a love story not about the Harold and the woman he goes to see but about him and his wife. I found the way secrets were revealed and how they caused each character to behave and interact with not only others but themselves well done. It went from the "I'm not sure" category to the "I'm glad I read it" category.
...more
Jun 06, 2013
Wendy Kalthoff
marked it as to-read
Feb 12, 2014
Diana
marked it as to-read
Jun 29, 2014
Cheryl
marked it as to-read
Jun 05, 2015
Deb
marked it as to-read
Nov 04, 2015
Julie
marked it as to-read
Jan 11, 2016
Kelly
marked it as to-read
Jul 14, 2016
Gabriela
marked it as to-read
Feb 01, 2018
Windy Kahler
marked it as to-read
Jul 09, 2018
Debbie M
marked it as to-read
Feb 22, 2019
Patti
marked it as to-read
Jun 24, 2019
Lisa
marked it as to-read
Jul 18, 2021
Pamela Milosev
marked it as to-read
