Rachel Joyce

From the author of the international bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, comes another exquisite and emotionally resonant novel about the search for the truth and unconditional love.On a foggy spring morning in 1972, twelve-year-old Byron Hemming and his mother are driving to school in the English countryside. On the way, in a...

A NovelA spellbinding novel that will resonate with readers of Mark Haddon, Louise Erdrich, and John Irving, Perfect tells the story of a young boy who is thrown into the murky, difficult realities of the adult world with far-reaching consequences.Byron Hemmings wakes to a morning that looks like any other: his school uniform draped over his wooden...

A NovelNATIONAL BESTSELLER *;LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE*; NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYTHE WASHINGTON POST&';[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) Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small...

A NovelWhen Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets...

Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say she is in hospice and wanted to say goodbye. Leaving his tense, bitter wife Maureen to her chores, Harold intends a quick walk to the corner...

Rebuilding Trust in Financial ServicesAdam Smith&'s &'invisible hand&' relied on the self-interest of individuals to produce good outcomes. Economists&' belief in efficient markets took this idea further by assuming that all individuals are selfish. This belief underpinned financial deregulation, and the theories on incentives and performance which...