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84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

Start date: August 16, 2015

Finish date: August 16, 2015

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May 03, 2015 Tina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-about-books, reflections-of-life, ecriture, non-fiction, true-adventures, classics, coup-de-coeur, touching, favorites, tissues-required

beautiful.
this was published in 1970 the year I was born.
shorter than expected and followed by the duchess of Bloomsbury street.
have had tears in my eyes, sobbing my way through all the emotion!
the humour is spot on.
the exchange is exquisite.
the whole is charming.
I would like to make a list of all the books HH mentions, many of which I've not read or heard of.
I like novels - I also like what HH said about reading about real things, people, places, stuff that happened. I should do more of it.
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Jun 22, 2018 Leonor rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, non-fiction, desafío-2018-bookofmonth

Reseña

Este cortito libro es básicamente un montón de correspondencia durante 20 años (desde 1949 a 1969), entre una cliente compradora de libros de no-ficción, Helene Hanff, que vive en Estados Unidos, a una pequeña librería de Londres, Inglaterra, que vende libros usados pero en excelentes condiciones. A través de las cartas se aprecia una linda historia de amistad que crece con el tiempo, hasta su desenlace 20 años después de iniciada la correspondencia.

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