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84 Charing Cross Road

84 Charing Cross Road

Author(s): Helene Hanff

Location(s): London

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Fiction

Era(s): 1940s

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This is a series of letters charting the twenty-year correspondence between Hanff, searching for books which she could not find her homeland and Frank Doel, a London antiquarian bookseller. A unique and touching exchange, the friendship blossoms, but Hanff never manages a visit to the UK. Both funny and sad, it reveals innate characters, beautifully narrated, separated by an ocean.

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Unmitigated delight from cover to cover (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

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