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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- Narrated by: Jim Broadbent
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner: New Writer of the Year – Specsavers National Book Awards 2012.
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. 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.
Harold Fry is the most ordinary of men. He just might be a hero for us all.
Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent has starred in a huge range of films, from British favourites including Bridget Jones, Hot Fuzz and The Iron Lady, to Hollywood blockbusters such as Moulin Rouge, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the Harry Potter films. He is set to star in the upcoming film adaptation of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Critic Reviews
“From the moment I met Harold Fry, I didn't want to leave him. Impossible to put down.” (Erica Wagner, The Times)
“Harold Fry is infuriating, hilarious and completely out of his depth, but I held my breath at his every blister and cramp and, felt, as if by turning the pages, I might help his impossible quest succeed. Marvellous!” (Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand)
“The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry isn’t just a book I enjoyed reading, it’s a book I feel lucky to have read. It takes the most ordinary and unassuming of men and turns him into a hero for us all. Harold Fry faces the same questions we all do as we age, questions about the meaning of our lives, faith and love, but confronts them in a most surprising way. To go on this journey with him will not only break your heart, it might also just heal it.” (Tiffany Baker, New York Times best-selling author of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County)
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- Jutta Zotz
- 05-08-2021
Wonderful
Beautiful story of love and redemption.
I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the complexities of relationships.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-06-2021
What an amazingly beautiful story!
That's all. listen to it!!! Beautifully written, and read perfectly. I'm recommending it to everyone!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-08-2018
brilliant book. read queenie fry the second book l
brilliant book followed by the second book love story of queenie ... just delightful soft exciting suspenceful beautiful
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- Luke
- 19-08-2020
touching book
a very touching story, very well read. 20 year old and loved every second of it.
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- Kate
- 31-07-2022
A healing tale
A very moving story - a seemingly simple life in review - however no life is simple… this beautifully written and narrated tale underlines that old adage ‘everyone has a story’ and demonstrates the healing power of love and reflection.
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- Pamela Hawke
- 18-09-2022
Harold Fry finds himself
Harold Fry does something one morning which is so out of character that i had to follow him
A little gem of a book
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- Andrew Jakeman
- 16-07-2023
Wonderful story
So very human and insightful. Jim Broadbent became Harold Fry. Probably the best narration I have heard.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-12-2023
Exquisitely told, agonisingly & upliftingly honest & human & heart felt
A beautiful story of the extraordinary in commonplace lives. A sensitively told story of the how people can become lost in the chaos & calamity of their lives but have the opportunity to find meaning and connection again - even when it seems impossible.
Such a satisfying read.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-02-2024
A beautiful book
The most wonderful story, beautifully told. One of those books that lingers long after it’s finished. I loved it.
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- Qwerty1
- 06-07-2014
Best ever audiobook.
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