7. Destination: England
目的地：英格蘭

Recommended book: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, 2013, by Rachel Joyce
推薦書(shū)目：《一個(gè)人的朝圣》，2013年，作者蕾秋?喬伊斯

The novel tells a story of a 60-year-old man who lives a boring and unhappy life, until one day, he received his old friend's letter who got cancer. In deep shock and sorrow, he went out to send his reply letter. By thinking of his life, he walked past one mailbox after another, and finally walked from the Southwest end to the Northeast end of England. 627 miles in 87 days, he walks depending on one belief that "his friend can survive as long as he walks".
這部小說(shuō)講述了一個(gè)60歲老人的故事，他過(guò)著無(wú)聊和不快樂(lè)的生活，直到有一天，他收到了一位老朋友的信，得知朋友得了癌癥。帶著深深的震驚和悲傷，他出門(mén)去給老朋友寄回信。一邊思考自己的生活，他走過(guò)了一個(gè)又一個(gè)的郵箱，最終從英格蘭的西南端走到了東北端。他共走了87天627英里，全憑一個(gè)信念：“只要他走下去，他的朋友就可以活下來(lái)”。