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'''WINNER'''
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|author=Rachel JoyceGrace McCleen|title=The Unlikely Pilgrimage Land of Harold FryDecoration
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary= Harold and Maureen Fry were unremarkable: one long marriageGrace McCleen's debut novel, one adult offspring and a long retirement stretching out in front of them like a prison sentence. One morning everything changed. ''The catalyst was a letter from Queenie, an ex-colleague Land of HaroldDecoration''s. He knew he needed to respond paints an original, unsettling, sometimes dark and thought that posting a letter would sufficegenerally rather wonderful picture. HoweverNarrated by ten year old Judith, raised by her father who is a chat with a girl fundamental religious follower of the end of the world is nigh variety, it looks at bullying, both at school and in more general society, faith and the possible rejection thereof and the local petrol station made him realise that a letter couldn't be enoughstrength of childhood imagination. He had to provide Queenie with hope... he had to walk. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857520644070118681X</amazonuk>
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'''Other books on the shortlist'''
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|author=Grace McCleenRachel Joyce|title=The Land Unlikely Pilgrimage of DecorationHarold Fry
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Grace McCleen's debut novelHarold and Maureen Fry were unremarkable: one long marriage, ''one adult offspring and a long retirement stretching out in front of them like a prison sentence. One morning everything changed. The Land catalyst was a letter from Queenie, an ex-colleague of DecorationHarold'' paints an original, unsettling, sometimes dark s. He knew he needed to respond and generally rather wonderful picturethought that posting a letter would suffice. Narrated by ten year old Judith However, raised by her father who is a fundamental religious follower of the end of the world is nigh variety, it looks at bullying, both chat with a girl at school and in more general society, faith and the possible rejection thereof and the strength of childhood imaginationlocal petrol station made him realise that a letter couldn't be enough. He had to provide Queenie with hope... he had to walk. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>070118681X0857520644</amazonuk>
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