A new Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry with a very different but equally unlikely and heartrending hero. A story of secrets, a terrible mistake, and the destructive nature of perfection.
A new Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry with a very different but equally unlikely and heartrending hero. A story of secrets, a terrible mistake, and the destructive nature of perfection.
Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international
bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect, The
Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, The Music Shop and a collection
of interlinked short stories, A Snow Garden & Other Stories. Her
books have been translated into thirty-six languages and two are in
development for film.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the
Commonwealth Book prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards ‘New Writer
of the Year’ in December 2012 and shortlisted for the ‘UK Author of
the Year’ 2014.
Rachel has also written over twenty original afternoon plays and
adaptations of the classics for BBC Radio 4, including all the
Bronte novels. She moved to writing after a long career as an
actor, performing leading roles for the RSC, the National Theatre
and Cheek by Jowl.
She lives with her family in Gloucestershire.
Joyce flings “Perfect’s” characters into chaotic situations fraught
with misgivings and confusion ... Diana’s descent into terror is
provocative enough to carry this story, but Joyce complements it
with a contemporary one about an equally fragile man named Jim who
has spent most of his life in a facility for the mentally ill. His
connection to Diana will surprise many readers as Joyce spins this
equally compelling subplot toward its shocking revelations and
conclusion.
*Star Tribune*
Better than The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry... touching [and]
eccentric.
*Janet Maslin, New York Times*
Ambitious, dark and honest
*The Guardian*
A near-flawless novel of emotional truth. Joyce executes this story
with precision and flair... Its unputdownable factor lies in its
exploration of so many multilayered emotions... It is her clever
did-I-read-that-right twist at the end that really got to me and
had me scrabbling back through the chapters, open-mouthed.
*Evening Standard*
The power of Joyce's prose lies in small, astute observations...
[her] subtle touches give the book an intense, slightly mesmeric
feel. Tense and engrossing... readers who loved The Unlikely
Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will not be disappointed.
*Sunday Times*
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