![]() ![]() ![]() The girl then talks about her faith that her aunt would recover. He tells her briefly about Queenie and the girl talks about her aunt who had cancer. He stops at a garage for a snack and the young clerk shows him how to microwave a burger. ![]() He quickly passes the first postal box and then passes more options to mail the letter. He can't find the words and eventually pens a brief note, then heads off to mail the letter. The letter dredges up memories from years earlier and Harold wants to say something profound to let her know she was important to him. Then Harold receives the letter from Queenie, who is at a hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They don't know their neighbors with the exception of a widower named Rex, and they kept him at arm's length. They never attended the brewery's annual Christmas party and never spent time with other couples. They have lived their lives mainly in isolation without making any real friends. Harold is married to Maureen and has only recently retired from the brewery. They hadn't seen each other for many years but each remembered the other as being a kind person, worthy of being called “friend.” They were not very close when they knew each other, but each had done a kindness that affected the other in an important way. Queenie is dying of cancer and wanted to say good-bye to Harold. “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” begins on the day Harold Fry receives a letter from a former colleague, Queenie Hennessy. ![]()
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