The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: Or the letter that was never sent to Harold Fry (Harold Fry, 2)
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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 a second letter; only this time she must tell Harold the truth. Composing this letter, 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 novella about a woman who falls in love but chooses not to claim it. It is about friendship and kindness as well as the small victories that pass unrecorded. It is about the truth and the significance - the gentle heroism - of a life lived alone.
Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was just the beginning...
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Apparently I am quite alone with my opinion...but I just don't want to listen to the last third and I decided to drop it. I enjoyed Harold Fry as it was and I thought it'd be nice to get to know more about the story but as the audiobook went on I just lost more and more interest. It's not a bad book, I don't want to say that. But the first book doesn't really need this follow-up in my opinion. We hear/read about a lot of the same things just from Queenie's perspective and I have to admit that even though I felt pity for her for all those terrible things happening to her I never could feel sympathy no matter how much I would have liked to. Only pity and that wasn't enough for me to follow this obsessed troubled woman's journey through life. I think I just might have expected something else.
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 a second letter; only this time she must tell Harold the truth. Composing this letter, 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 novella about a woman who falls in love but chooses not to claim it. It is about friendship and kindness as well as the small victories that pass unrecorded. It is about the truth and the significance - the gentle heroism - of a life lived alone.
Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was just the beginning...
Book Information
Posts
Apparently I am quite alone with my opinion...but I just don't want to listen to the last third and I decided to drop it. I enjoyed Harold Fry as it was and I thought it'd be nice to get to know more about the story but as the audiobook went on I just lost more and more interest. It's not a bad book, I don't want to say that. But the first book doesn't really need this follow-up in my opinion. We hear/read about a lot of the same things just from Queenie's perspective and I have to admit that even though I felt pity for her for all those terrible things happening to her I never could feel sympathy no matter how much I would have liked to. Only pity and that wasn't enough for me to follow this obsessed troubled woman's journey through life. I think I just might have expected something else.