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Originally Posted by bkcunningham1
I just found this forum. I hope it isn't too late to post a relavant comment. I was reading your posts and your description of the book reminded me of 84 Charing Cross Road by the late Helene Hanff. I believe there was also a movie based on Hanff's epistolary work. bk
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bk, I want to thank you for recommending this book! Our Villages library phoned me to let me know they found a copy and would hold it for me. I picked up the book this morning, and wound up playing hooky today so I could read the book. In the British spirit of the story I made myself a cup of tea in my souvenir Stonehenge mug and spent a wonderful rainy afternoon enjoying
84, Charing Cross Road.
At first it was SO similar to
Guernsey... that I thought plagiarism! Intellectual thievery! After I recovered from deja vu, I realized that although they are similar, these are two quite different stories. This book is non-fiction and these are actual letters written to/from Miss Helene Hanff, who begins as a script reader, and progresses over the years to writing scripts for television. There's also a recipe for Yorkshire pudding that I might try someday when I'm feeling courageous. The other bonus is that this book is a 2-in1 volume with
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, which I will start reading in 3 minutes.
Many thanks for your recommendation,
Judy
PS: I know there must be a way to both quote you and start a new thread with the title of this book, but I'm clueless to some the ways of totv.