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A book with a protagonist who has your occupation...
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The first book you see in a bookstore
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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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Delightful! I'm not sure how I came across this, but I'm glad I did. Format uses one of my favorite devices: told through letters! And these are real letters. Pen pals... so nostalgic. For almost 20 years a sassy New York woman and a polite London gentleman (and some others in his circle) send letters. He works for a bookshop, so a lot of correspondence is about books she is interested in purchasing, but not just that. Over the years they also write about their lives, current events, and opinion
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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.
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