![]() ![]() ![]() I’d like to hope that the relationship continued on after the book ended. She wasn’t jealous and was very appreciative of what Hanff could do for her family and friends. She didn’t have the personality of Hanff, but she had a deep appreciation for the relationship Hanff and Frank shared. Hanff’s sarcasm, manor, and energy screamed from the page, it was wonderful. The others were a bit harder to distinguish and I had to look at who signed the letter when I started reading it so I would know who was speaking. Hanff had the most personality in her letters and I adored reading one from her. Hanff’s generosity was so unexpected in their post-war London and it went a long way to winning their affection. When the correspondence expands to include other employees of the shop and Frank’s family, you can feel the impact this relationship has had on their community. You can feel her implied tone in her letters and you get a great sense of her personality. I didn’t expect such a short book to have so much of an impact on me. Their relationship, captured so acutely in these letters, is one that will grab your heart and not let go. ![]() Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a winsome, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. ![]() This charming classic, first published in 1970, brings together twenty years of correspondence between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London. ![]()
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