{"title":"Rachel Joyce","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-love-song-of-miss-queenie-hennessy","title":"The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a\u003c\/em\u003en exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. As the volunteer points out, Even though youve done your travelling, youre starting a new journey too.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQueenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novel about the journey we all must take to learn who we are; it is about loving and letting go. And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263826968870,"sku":"9780857522450","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/a251f88c-c05a-40d6-9cd0-b91ac6dd5181.jpg?v=1701086367"},{"product_id":"miss-bensons-beetle-limited-edition","title":"Miss Benson's Beetle - Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty, in her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the companion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation. They will risk everything, break all the rules, and at the top of a red mountain, discover their best selves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a story that is less about what can be found than the belief it might be found; it is an intoxicating adventure story but it is also about what it means to be a woman and a tender exploration of a friendship that defies all boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264088850726,"sku":"miss-bensons-beetles-limited-edition","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/9be01115-3f49-401f-b42f-ef8c12f860fc.jpg?v=1701092530"},{"product_id":"the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry","title":"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasnt seen or heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyces remarkable debut. Harold Fry is determined to walk six hundred miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, Queenie Hennessey will live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks on his urgent quest across the countryside. Along the way he meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise. Memories of his first dance with Maureen, his wedding day, his joy in fatherhood, come rushing back to himallowing him to also reconcile the losses and the regrets. As for Maureen, she finds herself missing Harold for the first time in years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then there is the unfinished business with Queenie Hennessy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264424624422,"sku":"the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/5c248100-43b5-4d11-aefc-ee45e70ccb74.jpg?v=1701097450"},{"product_id":"maureen-fry-and-the-angel-of-the-north","title":"Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Short but very special. ... funny, touching and quite beautiful.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMatt Cain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A powerful finale to her classic trilogy of heartbreak and healing.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClare Chambers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unforgettable story. It's beautiful all through, but the closing chapters are just astonishing, transcendent and hope-filled and life-affirming.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDonal Ryan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just brilliant' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePatrick Gale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProfoundly moving and deeply human, this story of self-discovery and forgiveness is essential reading. I loved every word.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBonnie Garmus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e......................................................................................................................................\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTen years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNow his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaureen Fry has settled into the quiet life she now shares with her husband Harold after his iconic walk across England. Now, ten years later, an unexpected message from the North disturbs her equilibrium again, and this time it is Maureen's turn to make her own journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Maureen is not like Harold. She struggles to bond with strangers, and the landscape she crosses has changed radically. She has little sense of what she'll find at the end of the road. All she knows is that she must get there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMaureen Fry and the Angel of the North\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a deeply felt, lyrical and powerful novel, full of warmth and kindness, about love, loss, and how we come to terms with the past in order to understand ourselves and our lives a little better. Short, exquisite, while it stands in its own right, it is also the moving finale to a trilogy that began with the phenomenal bestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand continued with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is a slender book but it has all the power and weight of a classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53579538530677,"sku":"9780857529008","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/56bb5511-3fd6-4037-9953-ba8071543472.jpg?v=1728495820"},{"product_id":"the-homemade-god","title":"The Homemade God - Indie Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFamily is everything, even when it falls apart: discover the brand-new novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Ann Patchett and Maggie O'Farrell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of suspense and intrigue, this unputdownable novel is a gear change for the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Lyrical, shrewd and, ultimately, as indecently satisfying as a four course Italian lunch. My life is a little emptier now it's over.' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePatrick Gale, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Place Called Winter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSparkling and addictive … Rachel Joyce is so incredibly good and wise on families and siblings. I couldn’t love it more.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - Harriet Evans, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Garden of Lost and Found\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘This terrific novel absolutely refuses to be cosy and provides all sorts of misdirections and a sense of foreboding throughout. A triumph of insight and empathy!’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Clare Chambers, author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Rachel Joyce is a masterful storyteller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Sarah Winman, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStill Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Joyce is a fearless explorer of emotional landscape.' –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce' –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a heatwave across Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is no sign of a painting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlhough the siblings have always been close, as they search for answers over that summer, the things they learn - about themselves, their father and their new stepmother - will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father's legacy truly is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExtraordinarily compelling, at heart this is a novel about sibling relationships and those hairline cracks that can appear within a family: what what happens when they splinter, and what it would take to mend them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54977791295861,"sku":"9780857528193","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/8fb1f3a7-0be7-494f-a532-813817969730.jpg?v=1738835641"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/collections\/rachel-joyce.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}