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84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

Start date: December 1, 2014

Finish date: December 31, 2014

Discussion: Group Read Archive 2014-16

Discussion leader: Renee M

Why we're reading this: Non-Fiction Group Read - December 2014
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What Members Thought

Dec 03, 2014 Faye rated it it was amazing

Shelves: biography-memoir, 2014-reading-challenge

What a beautiful collection of letters between a bookaholic and her used bookstore of choice. If you love old books, and especially if you love out-of-print old books, read this. It's lovely, hilarious, and moving all at the same time. ...more

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May 13, 2018 Chinook rated it it was amazing

Shelves: europe, america

This was so sweet and charming. I’ve heard about it for years and somehow that whole time I thought it was fiction. Finally accepting that it isn’t going to be available as an ebook any time soon, I went ahead and put a library hold on the paperback. I’m so glad I did! What a lovely correspondence! I wish I knew what happened to all the people mentioned.

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Apr 08, 2019 Karen rated it really liked it

I have wanted to read this for a long time, and I am glad I did. I found it charming and a lovely peek into different lives.

I was a little taken aback by HH’s later letters but I suppose having developed a level of comfort, she felt comfortable using a shorthand of sorts and letting more sarcasm show. Frank and the other English correspondents on the other hand were unfailingly pleasant.

All in all, I quite enjoyed this.

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Jul 29, 2020 Millie Taylor rated it really liked it

This book was very fun to read. I love epistolary novels and this was a perfect quick read. The friendship formed between Helene and the family and staff of the bookshop was lovely. I laughed several times and there were several times when I felt like I was right there as they wrote the letters. This being a true account made it all the better.

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