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I'm pretty sure I've read this book before but it is so charming that I didn't mind at all (plus I read books multiple times anyway...usually I remember them though). I loved that these are true letters exchanged Helene Hanff and the staff and families of the Marks&Co bookstore. Starting as a transaction for some old books, over the years it develops into friendships between people that have never met. Hanff sends food and gifts to the staff in post-war England and they send back books (most she
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Very sweet.
Delightful literary correspondences between Helene Hanff and Frank Doel, a bookseller at Marks & Company in Great Britain. There's a lovely movie version with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins.
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Very sweet and a quick read. I thought Helene was pretty funny and cute. This is a great one if you just have an hour or two to kill.
Jan 18, 2009
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