Rachel Joyce

1 month ago | fivebooks.com | Amy Krouse Rosenthal |Rachel Joyce |Clive James |Ruth Hogan

What are the ingredients that make for a successful feel good book? Characters who feel real and who you care for, caught up in situations where you’re worried for their wellbeing—and everything coming good in the end! You’ve chosen five feel good books to recommend. Could you introduce us to the first? It’s a memoir that takes unusual form. This is the Encyclopaedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.

Jan 29, 2025 | thebookerprizes.substack.com | Rachel Joyce

Remember the last time you got completely lost in a book? That moment when the world around you fades, and all that matters is what’s waiting on the next page. It’s one of life’s greatest pleasures – yet sometimes, even for seasoned readers, it can feel like an uphill struggle. From smart ways to fit books into a busy schedule to inspiration for your next great read, here’s how to make 2025 your best reading year yet – one page at a time.

Jul 18, 2024 | kingston.ac.uk | Rachel Joyce

Kingston University has awarded an honorary doctorate to author Rachel Joyce, who penned Man Booker Prize-nominated novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Ms Joyce, who was named the National Book Award's New Writer of the Year for the novel in 2012, saw the book selected for Kingston University's award-winning shared reading initiative the Big Read in 2019.

Sep 4, 2023 | comingsoon.it | Rachel Joyce

TRAMA L'IMPREVEDIBILE VIAGGIO DI HAROLD FRYL'imprevedibile viaggio di Harold Fry, film diretto da Hettie Macdonald, racconta la storia di un uomo comune di nome Harold (Jim Broadbent), che ha trascorso la sua intera vita vivendo ai margini, senza mai fare nulla di avventato. Vive a Kingsbridge insieme alla moglie Maureen (Penelope Wilton), sebbene il loro matrimonio sia ormai così tranquillo da sembrare caduto nella monotonia.

Aug 25, 2023 | decine21.com | Rachel Joyce

Harold Fry vive una anodina vida de jubilado con su esposa Maureen en Kingsbridge, al sur de Devon. Un día recibe una carta de Queenie Hennessy, una compañera de la fábrica donde trabajo, donde le anuncia que padece una enfermedad terminal y que está ingresada en un hospicio en Berwick-upon-Tweed, al norte de Reino Unido, a más de 800 kilómetros.