The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel JoyceMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Sometimes I love a book. On rare occasions I fall in love with a book. "The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy" is one of the rare books, and its characters will be with me for a long time.
It goes from being laugh-out-loud funny to tear-jerkingly sad -- sometimes on the same page! -- and everything in between as Queenie, who is dying of cancer in a hospice run by nuns, writes a letter to man she's in love with, although she hasn't seen him in 20 years. When he says he's going to walk across England to see her, she realizes she must confess something to him regarding the relationship she had with his son. The letter includes how and why she fell in love with Harold; how she got involved with his son, David; why she left town; why she started her beloved sea garden; and the relationships she has with the other patients in the hospice, as well as the nuns.
Every page is filled with such emotion. I could not put this book down! OK. I did a couple of times, but I couldn't wait to get back to it when I did.
I have about 500 books in my home. Before this morning I had six on my "I'm love with this book shelf." Now I have seven.
I received a free copy of this book from Goodreads giveaways and Random House in exchange for an honest review.
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