And just when I thought my life was done, it came time and time again at the hospice. It was in the people who stopped and talked of this and that over the garden wall. When a rosebud appeared where there had not been one before. When I looked at the sun and saw it glow on my hands. It was there when you told me you liked my brown suit, when you opened the door for me, when you asked once if I would like to take the long road home. It was there when I sang backwards and you laughed or I made a picnic and you ate every crumb.
It was there when I sat beside you in your car and you began to drive. I am to blame." Is her guilt justified?ġ3.“All these years I thought a piece of my life was missing. Is the Harold of this novel the same man that walks out of his home in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry?ġ2.
At which point in her life do you think Queenie is happiest?ġ1. What do you make of this? Is it true love or something else?ġ0. The doctor of philosophy argues that "when we love, it is only to fool ourselves that we are something." Queenie’s unrequited love for Harold is sustained for twenty years. 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." However, Finty and her fellow patients are described in vivid detail. You make a new beginning." How do beginnings and endings interact throughout this novel?Ĩ. 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?ħ. "Sometimes we like to laugh at ourselves. Do you put David’s troubles down to nature or nurture?Ħ. 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?ĥ. Queenie describes her sea garden in exquisite detail.
With hindsight, how far do you think reality blurred with illusion?Ĥ. She’d also brought her horse." 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." Do you agree with this statement?ģ. Did you notice any parallels between the journeys in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy?Ģ. Although Queenie is waiting for Harold Fry, she too is on a journey.
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