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She has written to say she is in hospice and wanted to say goodbye. I am to blame.Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. Is the Harold of this novel the same man that walks out of his home in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry?.At which point in her life do you think Queenie is happiest?.What do you make of this? Is it true love or something else? Queenie’s unrequited love for Harold is sustained for twenty years.

The doctor of philosophy argues that ‘when we love, it is only to fool ourselves that we are something’.

However, Finty and her fellow patients are described in vivid detail.

In her own letter, included at the end of The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, Rachel Joyce says that the patients at St Bernadine’s are a ‘chorus for Queenie – her backing vocals’.

You make a new beginning.’ How do beginnings and endings interact throughout this novel?

Because that is what you do when you reach the last stop. We like to be silly.’ How does Rachel Joyce use humour throughout The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy? ‘Sometimes we like to laugh at ourselves.Do you put David’s troubles down to nature or nurture? In her letter to Harold, Queenie describes how she witnessed David’s declining mental health.What is the relevance of the sea garden to the novel as a whole? Queenie describes her sea garden in exquisite detail.

With hindsight, how far do you think reality blurred with illusion? From the beginning of the novel, it is clear that Queenie is under the influence of morphine. In her letter, Queenie notes that ‘we write ourselves certain parts and then keep playing them as if we have no choice’.Did you notice any parallels between the journeys in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy? Although Queenie is waiting for Harold Fry, she too is on a journey.Take a look at our reading group discussion notes and make your next book club meet-up one to remember. Moving, unforgettable and guaranteed to change the way you think about dying, how one lives with regret and, of course, love, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy is Rachel Joyce’s parallel story to the bestselling book The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.