Friday, February 3, 2023

2.3.2023 - Maureen

Maureen by Rachel Joyce 

Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House Dial Press for gifting me a digital ARC of the final in the Harold Fry series - 4.5 stars!

In The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, we learned of his walk across England; in the Love Song of Miss Queenie, we learn her backstory.  Now it's time for Maureen, Harold's wife, to tell us her story.  Maureen is angry and hurt over the loss of her son 20 years ago.  She decides she needs to visit the memorial to David that Queenie made but she'll do it by car, instead of walking like Harold did.  

Maureen has never dealt with her grief and anger over losing David, and has never let anyone get close to her.  This is the story of her coming to terms with how to live with her grief so that she can live.  An important lesson for all.  While this book is of course better read as the series end, it's a good story nonetheless on its own.

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