Nice job on the site, wehn I'm in Manhattan again, I'll snap some photos and send them along
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Catherine
Date
31-01-2009
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This is high on my list of favorites, and it has been all too long since I have seen it. I have been waiting for the DVD. And, to my delight, the wait ended this afternoon. Now, it's a special pleasure to find a website devoted to "Charing Cross." I'll spend some time reading others' thoughts, in preparation for viewing this evening.
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Honnha
Date
12-01-2009
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This book "found" me when I was about 13 in Denver. As a child who moved constantly with no friends save books, and a passion for older, more forgotten writings, it made a huge memory for me. Needless to say, I lost the book not long after I read it in one of our moves. Today, at a local thrift store in southern Iowa, it found me again. I just finished it with tears in my eyes. Once again I remember why I so passionatly love books.
Delighted to find your website. We are grateful for the time you have taken to do the background research. I read the book and was very moved by it 15 years or so ago but we only saw the Hopkins Bancroft Dench movie when we found the DVD in our local library. We think it a marvellous representation of the book. We enjoyed seeing the photos you have posted on the site and getting a feeling for the real people of the bookshop and the trade. Thanks again for your efforts, and isn't the web a wonderful institution!
Chris and John in Sydney
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Mary Ann
Date
30-10-2008
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This book/movie changed my life! I never tire of reading nor watching this "love" story. Grand examples of the art of letter writing and the deep appreciation for old books/used bookstores have thankfully been documented by Ms. Hanff to be enjoyed for generations to come. Thank you to Ms. Hanff, Mr. Doel, and the wonderful cast of real life characters who indirectly made me feel a part of something so rare...even just for a moment.
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gherardo
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17-10-2008
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absolutely beautiful the story /piece of life of Helene and Frank... touch my heart. Very simple rich persons. Thank you Tears in my eyes when I finished to read this story..
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River Eyes
Date
02-10-2008
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As part of my visits with my 94 year old hospice patient, I read all of Helene Hanff's books. Edith loves New York and always wanted to go to London. So we visited these places through Helene's books. I am looking for a VCR tape of 84 Charing Cross Road to watch with Edith. We have thoroughly enjoyed these books. Thank You. River Eyes
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TA Matthews
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22-09-2008
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Since being given the book as a present a few years ago I have loved it and it wasn't long before I treated myself to the film. I think the fact that it was about real lives and people was what made it so endearing. Lovely site to find out a bit more about the people we have read about so often in Helen's pages.
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徐吟秋
Date
21-09-2008
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I will go to German for further study next year.I hope I will have the chance to go to London and see the 84 Charing Cross Road with my own eyes.
(I think it's more convenience to travel to Britain from German than from China, isn't it?)
I also hope, everyone,who really loves books,will have a happy life without pities!
Excuse my poor English,I really don't know how to express all my feelings in English. But I think all of the readers,who like this book, can understand me!!