The Resource The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry : [Book Club kit], Rachel Joyce
The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry : [Book Club kit], Rachel Joyce
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The item The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry : [Book Club kit], Rachel Joyce represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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- Summary
- When Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a letter, with his wife hoovering 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 364 p.
- Note
- Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2012
- Isbn
- 9780552778091
- Label
- The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry : [Book Club kit]
- Title
- The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- Title remainder
- [Book Club kit]
- Statement of responsibility
- Rachel Joyce
- Subject
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- trueCoworkers
- trueSeniors
- trueLetter writing
- trueSenior men
- trueMarried men
- trueQuests
- trueFormer lovers
- Men -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- trueWomen with terminal illnesses
- trueDetermination in men
- Great Britain -- Fiction
- trueMainstream fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueAging
- Walking -- Fiction
- trueFriendship
- trueGreat Britain
- trueWalking
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a letter, with his wife hoovering 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
- Summary
- Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2013
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10120224
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Joyce, Rachel
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
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- True
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- Men
- Walking
- Men
- Great Britain
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry : [Book Club kit], Rachel Joyce
- Note
- Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2012
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 364 p.
- Governing access note
- Kits available to Book Club administrators. Please contact your local Branch Library if you are interested in registering
- Isbn
- 9780552778091
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) a829250
- (OCoLC)809937318
- Label
- The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry : [Book Club kit], Rachel Joyce
- Note
- Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2012
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 364 p.
- Governing access note
- Kits available to Book Club administrators. Please contact your local Branch Library if you are interested in registering
- Isbn
- 9780552778091
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) a829250
- (OCoLC)809937318
Subject
- trueAging
- trueCoworkers
- trueDetermination in men
- trueFormer lovers
- trueFriendship
- trueGreat Britain
- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueLetter writing
- trueMainstream fiction
- trueMarried men
- Men -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- trueQuests
- trueSenior men
- trueSeniors
- trueWalking
- Walking -- Fiction
- trueWomen with terminal illnesses
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2013
- trueBook Club Best Bets
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2012
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