Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North
From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
$27.02
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2023
Summary
The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the viewpoint of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world.
Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there.
Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.
Maureen Fry has settled into the quiet life she now shares with her husband Harold after his iconic walk across…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529177237 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529177235 |
| Author: | Rachel Joyce |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 128mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Harold Fry |
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Critics Review
Joyce bestows tenderness and grace, revealing how forgiveness and a reckoning with the past can transform the present for the better. – Eithne Farry * Mail on Sunday *
Joyce is a fearless explorer of emotional landscape; Maureen’s pilgrimage north becomes
a moving account of healing and acceptance.
Exquisite and beautifully crafted – Ruth Jones * Daily Mail *
A beautiful novella … with compassion and tenderness … the novel’s conclusion is deeply moving and life-affirming. – Hannah Beckerman * Observer *
Very rarely, there is a writer who can touch the deepest and most hidden parts of the soul, by using the everyday matter of our daily lives to reveal the sacred that always surrounds us. This writer is Rachel Joyce, and her trilogy starting with The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, then The Love Song of Queenie Hennessy and finally Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North does just that, as well as delighting by her assured story-telling. To read her work is to think at first you are being invited to a perfect and delicious afternoon tea - then realise that you are intimate communion with what it means to be human: to suffer, to love, and to be understood. There is beauty, and the reason for art. – Laline Paul
This short novel packs a big punch as Joyce paints an intimate portrait of fragility and grief, allowing us to experience unbearable pain but redemption too. – Vanessa Berridge * Daily Express *
So beautiful, moving and tender. Rachel Joyce is our own Elizabeth Strout. – Nina Stibbe
This slim novella of barely 150 pages contains a world of emotion … The kindness of strangers is Joyce’s theme, as well as forgiveness and grief. No one writes difficult feelings better. – Wendy Holden * Daily Mail *
Life-affirming. If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, make time to read this finale to the trilogy … A touching tale about heartbreak and healing. * Good Housekeeping *
A gorgeous read. – Anna Bonet * the i paper *
Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North, The Music Shop, Miss Benson’s Beetle, and a collection of interlinked short stories, A Snow Garden & Other Stories. Rachel’s books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The critically acclaimed film of the novel, for which Rachel also wrote the screenplay, was released in 2023. Miss Benson’s Beetle won the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize in 2021. Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards New Writer of the Year in December 2012 and was shortlisted for the UK Author of the Year in 2014. In 2024 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Kingston University. Rachel has written over twenty original afternoon plays and adaptations of the classics for BBC Radio 4. She lives with her family near Stroud.
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