The love song of miss Queenie Hennessy - Rachel Joyce

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 had explained she was dying. How can she wait?

A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. As the volunteer points out, ‘Even though you’ve done your travelling, you’re starting a new journey too.’

Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was the beginning.

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. And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect.

Si vous avez aimé The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry, vous allez totalement craquer pour ce second opus.
Toute l'originalité tient dans le fait que l'on revit la même histoire (enfin, plus ou moins) mais du point de vue de Miss Queenie, l'amie malade à qui Harold veut déposer la lettre en main propre. Miss Queenie va éclaircir bien des points, et nous allons comprendre le comportement d'Harold. Emotion garantie !
Si le premier livre vous a moyennement plu, donnez une chance à celui-ci, il vous fera peut-être apprécier un peu plus le premier.