![]() ![]() ![]() Knowing that they have little time left to live they take pleasure in the minutae of their experiences, thereby offering lessons for us all. Despite being populated by the dying there is much humour and optimism amongst the residents who form a fabulous supporting cast for this tale. She was lonely and suffered unrequited love, finding ways to get through her days with music and books.Īlongside her reminiscences are details of her current life in the hospice. ![]() She loved to dance, and to observe the beauty of the world around her. She goes over the small details of their interactions, but also offers the reader glimpses of the life she led outside of work. In writing her letter Queenie tells of her childhood and how she came to work in the Kingsbridge brewery where she met Harold. She has carried the guilt from her actions for two decades and wishes to ask his forgiveness. As Harold walks from Devon to Northumberland she embarks on a journey of her own, composing a letter to confess to him the part she played in his son’s life twenty years ago and of which he is unaware. It tells the story of the woman Harold Fry was walking to, from her point of view.Īt the beginning of both books we learn that Queenie has cancer and is in a hospice in Berwick on Tweed. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, by Rachel Joyce, is a companion story to the author’s best selling debut novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. ![]()
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