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(By Andie M. Long)
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Queenie Smith hates her name. Her parents were royal fans and expected her to be one too. She didn’t think she cared, until The Queen dies and suddenly she’s hit with emotion, feeling nothing about her life is the one her parents dreamed of for her. When an ultimatum at dinner from her boyfriend leads to Queenie deciding to join ‘the queue’, she heads home and packs what she needs for a long wait, determined to honour her parents by visiting the coffin. It’ll give her the time she needs to ponder her life and future.
Trying to keep everyone in the queue upbeat, Queenie notices the man behind her, sullen and alone. The last thing the queue needs is a grump, and so she makes it her mission to cheer him up, even though deep inside she carries a grief of her own she’s allowed to fester.
Sam Ferris is down on his luck. He’s lost his job, wondering where his next rent payment is coming from and stagnating in his pyjamas and despair. The only thing that gets him out of the house is his weekly visit to his mum, who is beside herself with grief about a woman she’s never met.
Now the television is showing nothing but The Queen, just when he’s had to cancel Netflix. As he hears about people waiting in line for hours to see her coffin, he wonders what would possess them to do that? Well, for Sam it’s one too many beers and a guilt trip from his mum. Suddenly, he’s in the queue with a photo of his mother in his hand. There he meets a whole host of strangers who he’s going to be stuck with now for hours, including the most annoying, chirpy woman he’s ever met.
As the hours pass and the camaraderie and emotions of the event exacerbate, Queenie and Sam will find that just when you believe you’re alone, a momentous occasion shows you that strangers can become friends, and maybe even something more…”
