{"id":1097,"date":"2017-09-05T15:57:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T19:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/09\/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry\/"},"modified":"2018-06-30T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T17:06:37","slug":"the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/09\/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rachel Joyce<\/span> – Random House, 2012<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This tale is comfort food for a reader’s soul. Harold Fry is a recently retired salesman coexisting with his chronically discontent, intolerant wife. Out of the blue, a goodbye letter arrives from Harold\u2019s former coworker Queenie Hennessey, who is dying in hospice 600 miles away. Ever-conflicted about the right thing to do, milquetoast Harold pens a response but finds himself unable to mail the letter. A chance encounter with a stranger leaves Harold convinced that he must say goodbye in person, and that he must walk to keep Queenie alive. Determined and single-minded, Harold leaves a phone message for Queenie, imploring her to hang on until he can get there. Harold is earnest and almost painfully endearing; his journey can\u2019t possibly save a life\u2014or can it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This tale is comfort food for a reader’s soul. Harold Fry is a recently retired salesman coexisting with his chronically discontent, intolerant wife.<\/p>\n

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