Sunday TimesĪ brilliant and charming novel: full of comic panache yet acute and poignant. Erica Wagner, The TimesĪt times almost unbearably moving. Uplifting, funny and delicate Jon Stock, The Daily Telegraphįrom the moment I met Harold Fry, I didn't want to leave him. Philosophical, intriguing, and profoundly moving. Each chapter describes a different encounter along the way, with a definite nod to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. One man's walk along the length of England to save the life of a dying woman.

One of the sweetest, most delicately-written stories I've read in a long time. RACHEL JOYCE'S NEW NOVEL, MAUREEN, THE FINAL NOVEL IN THE 'HAROLD FRY TRILOGY', IS OUT IN PAPERBACK 8 JUNE 2023 'Tender and funny, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry shows that even our frailties can be uplifting and redemptive' EDWARD STOURTON A celebration of being alive, being human. I loved Harold and Maureen and their separate journeys. 'Full of heart, laced through with wry wit. Philosophical, intriguing, and profoundly moving' RICHARD MADELEY 'One of the sweetest, most delicately-written stories I've read in a long time. 'The odyssey of a simple man, original, subtle and touching' CLAIRE TOMALIN I love this book' ERICA WAGNER, THE TIMES 'A funny book, a wise book, a charming book. 'A gorgeously hopeful book' OPRAH MAGAZINE All he knows is that he must keep walking. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone.

When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. NOW A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING JIM BROADBENT AND PENELOPE WILTON The critically acclaimed, Sunday Times and international bestseller, long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2012: 'A magical, moving and uplifting tale about a man's journey across England and into his own heart.' - Deborah Moggach.

The unlikely journey of harold fry