Book: 84 Charring Cross Road
Author: Helen Hanff
Pages: 112
This is my 26th read for the year
What Amazon Says:
This funny, poignant, classic love story unfolds through a series of letters between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in NYC, and a used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a sharming, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Discover the relationship that has touched the hearts of thousands of readers around the world, and was the basis for a film.
This was a great little book. A read it in a few hours because it is just letters, but what fun. She was quick witted and generous and the bookshop sweet and caring. The things she sent them over the years - especially as London struggled after the war (this was written in the late 40s) was remarkable. All because this became her favorite books shop - 1000s of miles away - and in some way her favorite people. Good little read.
Stars: 4.5
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