CD Edition
by Helene Hanff
narrated by Multiple Narrators
Genre: Non-Fiction
Book Reference: DIR2019
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2163 6
Duration: 2h 15m (approx.) on 3 CDs
Helene Hanff's true story of her twenty year correspondence with London bookseller, Frank Doel, is a charming and bittersweet tale of two people united by a love of books. From her apartment in New York, Helene sends Frank her 'wishlist' of first editions and is delighted to receive such quietly efficient service.
As their relationship moves beyond the purely professional, they exchange news of family and country and, as the sixties dawn, their thoughts on a changing world. At the time of Frank's death in 1969 they had never met. But their relationship lives on in their letters...
Daily Express
“A must for anyone who reads.”