The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: Or the letter that was never sent to Harold Fry

Paperback Published on: 16/07/2015
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Bookseller Reviews

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The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
A beautiful and heart-warming story
I don’t know if it is my age but I am not ashamed to say that I was shedding the odd tear at certain points while I was reading this book. I read Harold Fr... READ MORE
Jane E Skudder
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
'Loving you makes the world more beautiful'
'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' has to be one of my all time favourite books, and when I discovered that Rachel Joyce had written a companion novel... READ MORE
Emma Smith at Bedford
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
Outstanding
Heartbreaking, touching, tragic and funny in equal measure, that just about sums up ‘The Love Song of Miss Queeney Hennessey’ by Rachel Joyce. It is a trul... READ MORE
AnniB at Truru

Synopsis

From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, - soon to be a major movie starring Jim Broadbent - an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story.

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 end of the story. She was wrong. It was the beginning.

Told in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novel about the journey we all must take to learn who we are; it is about loving and letting go. And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect.
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'A beautiful story which will grip you, make you laugh and cry, uplift your spirit and leave you feeling profoundly grateful' DAILY MAIL

'Will leave you wide-eyed and wanting to read it all again . . . wondrous' THE TIMES
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IF YOU LOVE THIS NOVEL YOU WILL ALSO ENJOY THE FINAL PART OF THE HAROLD FRY TRILOGY - MAUREEN FRY AND THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH - OUT NOW!

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781784160302
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 23 mm
  • Weight: 262g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
This book follows on from The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and tells the story of the woman Harold Fry walked 627 miles to save. I felt that after hav... READ MORE
A Upton
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
You will laugh and cry reading this beautiful story
If you've not read any books yet by Rachel Joyce then if you don't know what you are missing out on , her writing is beautiful. If you've not read 'The Un... READ MORE
Karen Coley
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
Better than the Pilgrimage of Harold Fry as hard as that can be to believe!
A welcome visit back to the world with Harold Fry. A simply written, but powerful story of the truest and unending love that results in solitude. Here is a... READ MORE
Karishma Patel
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
Beautiful and poignant
A touching exploration of love in all its forms. It shows a series of meetings and partings. It expresses how beauty can be found in the small, quiet thing... READ MORE
Chloe Slim
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
Heart touching
For anyone who has read the Pilgrimage of Harold Fry this is Queenie’s version of events. After The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry who sets off to walk to Queen... READ MORE
Jacqueline  Vickers