The local librarian recommeneded this book to me...based on the fact that I had just read a book that was letters back and forth to a lady about WWII. Thank you, Deb. Actually, this is 2 books in one. The first part is letters that Helene Hanff wrote to Marks and Company in London. Setting is a...
This is a beautiful account of a NYC writer and her correspondences with some staff from an antique bookshop based in London. The letter writing begins on October 5, 1949 and continues for over 20 years. The relationship that develops between the letter writers blossoms. As they begin to feel mor...
The conversation continues, although half of it was in my imagination. After finishing 84 Charing Cross Road, I had to keep talking to Helene Hanff. Tennessee Williams should be ashamed, making the phrase,"the kindness of strangers" mean the exact opposite. Hanff's diary entries from her trip to ...
Helene Hanff's 84 Charing Cross Road is one of my all time favourite reads, and I have toyed with the idea of reading it's successor,The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street,from time to time,but have never come across a copy. Following my belated conversion to the internet,I was reminded of this recentl...