The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

I was impressed by the skill with which Rachel Joyce was able to breathe life into this unlikely scenario, in which an elderly man impulsively decides to hand-deliver a letter to the other end of the country in an attempt to "make a difference" and atone for the failures and betrayals in his past. For most of this book I found it an enjoyable read, imagining that it would make a likeable and quirky film. The unflinching integrity of one concluding scene probably rules that out, but I admired it all the more for that, and the final chapter was touching and uplifting.