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Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff

April 23, 2018 by Tragic Sandwich Leave a Comment

Some books, you read more than once. In this case, I’m going to tell you about three of those. You’ve probably read Helene Hanff’s 84, Charing Cross Road. (If you haven’t, do.) But you might not have read her other books. I have, and they’re all worth multiple reads. I’m highlighting two here (and a third book by another author). Q’s Legacy is Hanff’s account of how she became and stayed a writer. While 84 and its sequel, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, are delightful […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Apple of My Eye, Christina Hardyment, Heidi's Alp, helene hanff, q's legacy

Tragic Sandwich's CBR10 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Apple of My Eye, Christina Hardyment, Heidi's Alp, helene hanff, q's legacy ·
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84 Charing Cross; Q's Legacy; Between Them; The Dig; What We Lose; Nobody Knows My Name by Helene Hanff; Richard Ford; Cynan Jones; Zinzi Clemmons; James Baldwin

August 26, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

84 Charing Cross Road- Helene Hanff 5/5    This is an incredibly charming book and was even a literary sensation that I didn’t really ever know about. More about that in the follow up. The set up is that Helene Hanff, a television screenwriter with a love of nonfiction, especially British diaries, writes letters to a British book shop asking for various books. As she gets her books, as she writes her thanks, and as the book shop returns her correspondence, a relationship develops especially […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 84 charing cross road, between them, cynan jones, Denis Johnson, helene hanff, nobody move, q's legacy, Richard Ford, the dig

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:352 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: 84 charing cross road, between them, cynan jones, Denis Johnson, helene hanff, nobody move, q's legacy, Richard Ford, the dig ·
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