![]() ![]() Their relationship is wonderful as Frank at first just views Helene as a regular, if demanding, customer, but over time and much correspondence they are exchanging not only book information but details of their lives, and this is further enhanced because they know there is little chance of them meeting and letters are their only contact. ![]() The book is a series of real-life letters between Helene from New York who is a devout reader (clearly she is guaranteed to be a good person!) but who struggles to obtain the books she wants in her home country, and Frank who works in a bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road in London and in a typically dedicated and dogged English manner tracks down the book requests from Helene and posts them to her. What more could you wish for in a book?! Anyone who hasn’t yet read this book is just waiting to have their life enhanced by doing so, this is a very special book! It is one of my all-time favourite feel-good reads, guaranteed to put me in a good mood, to make me laugh, to make me feel nostalgic, to make me wish I worked in that bookshop, and also to make me have a lump in my throat sometimes while also being totally charmed and content throughout. Adorable, adorable, adorable! I could just repeat that word over and over again to describe how I feel about this wonderful book. ![]()
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