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Praise for "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"
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"[Rachel] Joyce's beguiling debut is [a] modest-seeming story of 'ordinary' English lives that enthralls and moves you as it unfolds."--"People" (four stars)
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"[A] gorgeously poignant novel of hope and transformation.""--O: The Oprah Magazine"
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"A moving story about an ordinary man on an extraordinary journey."--Nancy Horan, author of "Loving Frank"
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""The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" is not just a book about lost love. It is about all the wonderful everyday things Harold discovers through the mere process of putting one foot in front of the other."--"The New York Times"

"[Rachel Joyce] has a lovely sense of the possibilities of redemption. . . . She's cleared space where miracles are still possible."--Ron Charles, "The Washington Post"

Advance praise for "Perfect"
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"Out of the smallest, most delicate building blocks, Rachel Joyce gradually builds a towering sense of menace. She understands people, in all their intricacy and vulnerability, in a way few writers do. "Perfect" is a poignant and powerful book, rich with empathy and charged with beautiful, atmospheric writing."--Tana French, bestselling author of "In the Woods" and "Broken Harbor"
"Joyce, showing the same talent for adroit plot development seen in the bestselling "The Unlikely Pilgrimmage of Harold Fry, " brings both narrative strands together in a shocking, redemptive denouement.""--Publishers Weekly"
Praise from the U.K.
"Readers who loved "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry "will not be disappointed."--"The Sunday Times"
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"Joyce is no novice--she has done something more ambitious, darker and more honest [than "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"]."--"The Guardian"
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"A compelling novel about the crushing restrictions that class and gender can impose, the burden of parental expectation, and the stigma attached to mental illness . . . an affecting tale."--"The Independent"
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"If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce. . . . Diana herself is faultless. She is to "Perfect" what Harold Fry was to "Unlikely" a fully rounded hero, someone to fall in love with."--"The Telegraph"
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"You will end up grinning dippily and recommending this wild, searching book to everyone you know."--"The Times "(London)
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"["Perfect"'s] unputdownable factor . . . lies in its exploration of so many multilayered emotions. There is the unbreakable bond between mother and son, the fear of not belonging, loneliness, grief, guilt, depression, loss, the destructive nature of mental illness and how love can offer redemption. Although Joyce made her name as a playwright and gives great dialogue, it is her descriptive powers that make the novel so vivid."--"London Evening Stan

Praise for Rachel Joyce

"Perfect"

""Perfect" is a poignant and powerful book, rich with empathy and charged with beautiful, atmospheric writing."--Tana French, author of "In the Woods "and" Broken Harbor"

"[Rachel] Joyce, showing the same talent for adroit plot development seen in the bestselling "The Unlikely Pilgrimage""of Harold Fry, " brings both narrative strands together in a shocking, redemptive denouement.""--Publishers Weekly"
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"["Perfect"'s] unputdownable factor . . . lies in its exploration of so many multilayered emotions. There is the unbreakable bond between mother and son, the fear of not belonging . . . and how love can offer redemption.""--London Evening Standard"
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"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"

"[Rachel Joyce] has a lovely sense of the possibilities of redemption. . . . She's cleared space where miracles are still possible."--Ron Charles, "The Washington Post"
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"Joyce's beguiling debut is [a] modest-seeming story of 'ordinary' English lives that enthralls and moves you as it unfolds."--"People" (four stars)
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"[A] gorgeously poignant novel of hope and transformation.""--O: The Oprah Magazine"
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"A gentle adventure with an emotional wallop. It's a smart, feel-good story. . . . I can't think of a better recommendation for summer reading. And take your time, just as Harold does."--Bob Minzesheimer, "USA Today"

In the aftermath of a life-shattering accident in the English countryside in 1972, twelve-year-old Byron Hemming struggles with events that his mother does not seem to remember and embarks on a journey to discover what really did or did not happen.