by Rachel Joyce
First published 2022
Maureen Fry has found peace in the quiet life she shares with Harold after his famous walk across England. Ten years have passed since his epic journey to save a friend. Now an unexpected message arrives from the North, shattering her calm. This time Maureen must make her own pilgrimage. She struggles to connect with strangers along the way. The landscape she travels through has transformed completely since Harold's time. She cannot predict what awaits her at journey's end. She only knows she must reach her destination. Maureen's path becomes a search for understanding about love and loss. She confronts her past to make sense of herself and her life.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: England, North
Period: 10 Years Ago, Present Day
144 pages · Kindle Edition · Transworld Digital