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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)

Rachel Joyce

Start date: November 19, 2016

Finish date: November 27, 2016

Discussion: So Many Books, So Little Time

Discussion leader: Deb

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A letter from an old friend sets Harold Fry off on a walk across England, and an inward contemplation of his past.

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Nov 18, 2012 Chris Blocker rated it really liked it

Shelves: booker

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a quiet and moving novel that borders on being overly sentimental. At times it may toe the line, but I personally did not find it gimmicky or sloppy. It does require a reader to be open minded (hearted?) about matters of the heart and to accept the fact that the elderly are people too. If this kind of novel appeals to you, you're more like to remember the feelings that accompanied the story than the story itself. The story is slow at times, and while the ...more

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Dec 07, 2016 Deb rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, forgiveness

I got a little choked up at the end of this book--always a sign that the author is a good writer!
It starts out with Harold Fry getting a letter in the mail--a letter from an old friend who has cancer and is in hospice. That letter sets him off on a journey that takes him across the length of England--from south to north on foot. It also sets him off on an inner journey of remembering the events of his past, which are mostly painful and full of regrets. The walk he takes seems to be his way of a ...more

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Feb 15, 2012 Jenee Rager rated it really liked it

Shelves: general-fiction

This is a good book that I read at the wrong time and thus it took me forever to get through. There were parts of the book that dragged, for example I didn't like the "Pilgrim" portion of the book and felt that it was added as a commentary on the screwed up nature of society and humans in general, rather than than in the spirit of the rest of the book. However there were parts of the story that were just billiant. The chapters talking about Harold's guilt of both David and Queenie were simply am ...more

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