The love song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
By: Rachel Joyce
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: WF Howes Ltd
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Rearsby, Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781471295959
Subjects: Large type books; Terminally ill; Fiction; Cancer; Patients
Description: 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 to him had explained she was dying from cancer. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold the truth. Composing this new message, the volunteer promises, will ensure Queenie hangs on. It will also atone for the secrets of the past. As the volunteer points out, 'It isn't Harold who is saving you. It is you, saving Harold Fry.' This is that letter. A letter that was never sent. 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.
Notes: Standard format edition originally published: London: Doubleday, 2014.