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Rachel Joyce

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Rachel Joyce is an author who was born in London in 1962. She started her career writing plays for the BBC Radio Four. She was part of the duo that won the 2007 Tinnis wood Award for "To Be A Pilgrim". She was longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize with her debut novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of näytä lisää Harold Fry. She later won the New Writer of the Year Award in 2012 from the National Book Awards for this same title. Her other works include: Perfect, The Love Song of Miss. Queenie Hennessy, A Snow Garden and Other Stories and The Music Shop. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

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Syntymäaika
1962
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
UK
Maa (karttaa varten)
England, UK
Syntymäpaikka
London, England, UK
Asuinpaikat
Gloucestershire, England, UK
Ammatit
actor
playwright
novelist
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Alexander Cochran (C&W Agency)

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In 1950, Margery Benson is a lonely and mocked schoolteacher. On a whim, she gives up everything to chase to the other side of the world, in search of a beetle that mightor might not exist. She advertises for an assistant, seeking someone fluent in French and experienced in travel--but ends up with a young woman in completely impractical garb who appears to on the run from something or someone. An unlikely friendship forms and I completely rooted for these characters.
 
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AnaraGuard | 72 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 13, 2024 |
A very well written and moving story.
Each and every character, “good” or “bad”
Carries some kind of weight.
I loved the natural history aspects , and the characters of both margery and Enid.
A word to the wise, though, whenever a blurb says uplifting, expect tears
 
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cspiwak | 72 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 6, 2024 |
I give this 4 stars more because I really wanted to like this than because it was good. The plot was engaging for the majority of this novel and the atmosphere of an exotic locale was on point. The characters are quite quirky, if somewhat unrelatable and completely unrealistic. This is at its core a frilly, saccharine friendship story and as such, it works, even if it's over the top most of the time. Some parts were seriously funny.

What I had the problem with was the overall humorous tone even when dealing with serious topics. There are quite a few tragic events in this book and many real, triggering issues that are treated superficially in a by-the-way manner while the story keeps going with occasionally ludicrous events. I find it was a little too chaotic for me and some parts were just incredibly corny. If it wasn't for one superfluous storyline (Mundic!), this would have been a lot better.… (lisätietoja)
 
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ZeljanaMaricFerli | 72 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 4, 2024 |
Mah, un 6 molto dubbio.
 
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jcumani | Mar 2, 2024 |

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Teokset
13
Jäseniä
9,397
Suosituimmuussija
#2,558
Arvio (tähdet)
3.9
Kirja-arvosteluja
845
ISBN:t
234
Kielet
20
Kuinka monen suosikki
7

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