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Rachel Joyce

Rachel Joyce

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24 featured booksRachel Joyce

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. ([source][1]) [1]: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/106/1069732/rachel-joyce.html?tab=penguin-biography

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    Rachel Joyce

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    Rachel Joyce

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  • The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

    Representative edition published 2023

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  • Maureen

    Representative edition published 2023

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  • Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

    Representative edition published 2023

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  • Miss Benson's Beetle

    Representative edition published 2021

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  • First Edition

    Representative edition published 2020

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  • Mister Franks fabelhaftes Talent für Harmonie

    Representative edition published 2019

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  • Perfect

    Representative edition published 2018

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  • The music shop

    Representative edition published 2018

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  • Ein ferner Duft wie von Zitronen

    Representative edition published 2018

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  • A snow garden and other stories

    Representative edition published 2016

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  • Das Geheimnis der Queenie Hennessy

    Representative edition published 2016

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  • The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

    Representative edition published 2015

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  • Deux secondes de trop

    Representative edition published 2015

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  • El año que duró dos segundos

    Representative edition published 2015

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  • Das Jahr, das zwei Sekunden brauchte

    Representative edition published 2015

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  • La lettre de Queenie

    Representative edition published 2015

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  • Zamanin Durdugu Gün

    Representative edition published 2015

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  • Perfect: A Novel

    Representative edition published 2014

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  • Perfect

    Representative edition published 2014

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  • De dag dat de tijd stil stond

    Representative edition published 2014

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  • Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

    Representative edition published 2014

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  • In the kingdom of men

    Representative edition published 2013

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  • Homemade God

    Representative edition published 2025

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  • Penguin Readers Level 5

    Representative edition published 2024

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