Books by Rachel Joyce
“A tender tale of an elderly man who walks from one end of the country to another without hiking boots, a map or mobile phone in order, so he thinks, to save someone’s life. It’s a warm, funny and moving look at life in all its complexity.” Read more...
Mike Gayle, Novelist
This surprise bestseller from the British writer Rachel Joyce – then a debut author – is a delightful, gently ambling adventure story that follows the titular Harold as he leaves his comfortable retirement home on foot with nothing but the clothes on his back after receiving a letter from the hospice bed of his old friend Queenie Hennessey. Simple yet profound, this is another book that – like Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – will put you through the emotional ringer, but ultimately reaffirm your belief in the essential goodness of people.
From our article Books like Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Interviews where books by Rachel Joyce were recommended
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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
by Richard Shepherd -
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Death, Dissection and the Destitute: The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain
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The Trick to Time
by Kit de Waal -
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The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
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Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death
by Richard Holloway
The best books on Death, recommended by Sue Black
The best books on Death, recommended by Sue Black
As one of the most distinguished forensic anthropologists and human anatomists in the world, Professor Dame Sue Black has spent her working life in close proximity to death. Here she discusses the history of corpses supplied to anatomy houses, the misleading nature of shows like CSI, and how she intends to keep on teaching after her own death: by bequeathing her body.
The Best Feel Good Books, recommended by Mike Gayle
Sometimes we all need the novelistic equivalent of a hot cup of cocoa and a warm blanket. We asked the novelist Mike Gayle, who appears at the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words this week, to recommend us five heartwarming feel good books that leave their reader comforted and entertained.
