The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
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The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
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The story at some point becomes about more than Harold's walk and more than Queenie's letter but about this group of patients and these lovely nuns especially Sister Mary Inconnu who types out Queenie's notes and gives her so much more . They drink to Harold with their nutritional drinks and then the reality of it - Barbara wishes for "one more Christmas ". A particularly moving scene was when Sister Mary Inconnu helps Queenie to feel and smell a peach and taste it when she didn't think she could swallow . Harold's journey on the road and Queenie's journey waiting for Harold becomes theirs as well . "That's it , then, " said Finty . "It's a unanermous vote. From now on , no one dies . We're all waiting for Harold Fry ."
Rachel Joyce does it again with “The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy” proving that Joyce isn’t a “one hit wonder”. Similar to “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry”, this novel is thought provoking and easily readable. All the characters are richly illustrated, with the peppering of quirky ones to make this a fun read.As one who has spent more time sitting than moving in recent months, this is so relate-able for me. Joyce has captured this so well. And the following moment of extreme restlessness, whether from physical or emotional discomfort--also is captured so well, so simply.
When David tells Queenie, “I just want someone to see me, Q. See who I really am,” were you surprised by what he had been hiding? Why? Do you think that, in the end, he was “seen” by those who loved him? I loved the nun, nurses, and volunteers in this hospice. Maybe there were some rotten apples but we don't meet them. Queenie is surrounded by those who care for her and who love her. When she arrives we meet her other hospice companions and they add such heart to the story. We also have to see the hearse take them away when their time is over. For as sad as Harold's pilgrimage made me at times, I'm so surprised by how much I enjoyed Queenie's own, very different journey. There is a similarity between the journeys though. Both Harold and Queenie are thinking of each other the entire way and they are also learning to see the past in a different light.
The Love Song is far darker than The Unlikely Pilgrimage, yet perhaps it adds necessary ballast to the sparkling balloon of Harold's journey – and it will certainly find a grateful readership. I’m not saying it was an unhappy marriage, only that it had become a well-worn one, like an old coat you stop looking after. There were holes during that time. There were thin patches.”
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