![]() ![]() Disagreements and disappointments have crept in. Harold and Maureen’s marriage is held together with threadbare ties. He’s 65, retired and lives a low-key life with his wife of 47 years, Maureen. I’d describe it as the book of a thousand little heartbreaks, heartbreaks so little they only make a tiny dent when they occur, but collectively and accumulatively amount to a lifetime of corroding grief.Īt the beginning of the book, we know very little about Harold. ![]() I finally decided to give it a listen when I heard it compared favorably to one of favorite books, “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand”. I’ve had this book on my to-listen list for quite a while, but have always shied away from it because I thought it’d be too predictable/preachy. This book is about this modern day pilgrimage, the people he meets on it and how his life changes because of it. ![]() On an impulse, and a gut feeling that Queenie will survive if he walks to her hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Harold, quite unprepared for such a task, begins walking the 500 odd miles. One day he receives a letter from ex-colleague Queenie Hennessey bidding goodbye she has cancer and does not expect to live much longer. Harold Fry is an ordinary man living out his retirement in Knightsbridge. Title : The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ![]()
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