Why did Kathleen love this book?
After reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, I wanted more Rachel Joyce and more Harold Fry. Next, Joyce’s The Music Shop became one of my favorite books, and then I was excited to see that a companion to Harold Fry was out: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, which allowed me into the mind of Queenie, the dying woman that Harold treks towards.
Joyce writes about the ill and infirm with such compassion and grace, and again, I didn’t see the ending coming. Like with Joyce’s other books, the end of this one left me in tears.
Queenie and her garden are entrancing and inspiring, with a vivid voice and setting. And if you still need more of these characters, Joyce has now written the final book in the trio: Maureen, which follows Harold’s wife in her own journey seeking solace (and which I consumed shortly…
2 authors picked The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. As the volunteer points out, 'Even though you've done your travelling, you're starting a new journey too.' Queenie thought her first letter would be the…