This charming classic, first published in 1970, combines twenty years of correspondence between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London. Through the years, though never meeting and separated geographically and culturally, these two colorful personalities carved out an extremely close friendship through their mutual love for books. The correspondence would eventually span 60 letters from both sides across decades, with Hanff writing her new friends to ask for books as well as recount tales from her life in NYC.

Written during the late 1950s, Charing Cross Road is a witty and charming tale of two strangers who, by letters and by phone, form a true friendship despite the vast Atlantic Ocean that separates them. Helene Hanff was living in New York City and working as a writer when she first wrote to Frank Doel at his used bookstore in London. Eventually, they start corresponding regularly and turn their letters into an e-mail diary.

A fascinating, hilarious, and touching tale of international correspondence, 84, Charing Cross Road is a pitch-perfect novel of love and friendship. Helene Hanff, a well-educated New Yorker living in post-World War II England, develops a close but long-distance relationship with Frank Doel – the owner of a shop in London’s Charing Cross Road that sells rare and used books to discerning readers around the world. Over twenty years, they will share an enthusiasm for sharing pleasure through their letters: he sends her books; she puts money in the bank. Until.

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This charming classic, first published in 1970, combines twenty years of correspondence between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London. Through the years, though never meeting and separated geographically and culturally, they share a sweet, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Their relationship, captured so acutely in these letters, will grab your heart and not let go.

Places visited, and people loved. This charming classic, first published in 1970, combines twenty years of correspondence between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and an eccentric used-book dealer in London. Through their letters, they strike up a friendship that seems more imagined than real. If sometimes discouraged by their differences in nationality and temperament, they are equally sustained by their shared passion for books.