You may remember that last week, I shared my Happy Mail from the lovely RUTH...Well, in the space of another week I have received this lovely card from SIAN
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AND this lovely collection of goodies
from SUSANNE (a prize for last month's IN GOOD COMPANY Challenge).
THANK YOU BOTH!
Back to the book sent to me by Ruth....'84 CHARING CROSS ROAD'
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I can honestly say that this is likely to go somewhere on my list of 'favourite reads'! The first part of the book is in the form of letters between an American lady (the author, Helene Hanff) and a bookseller (from a shop on Charing Cross Rd, London!!) starting in 1949 and ending in 1969. No torrid love affair, just a gentle exchange of letters about books, but giving a lovely insight into life on both sides of the Atlantic during the UK's rationing years. The second part of the book is in the form of Helene's diary, which she kept when she was eventually able to visit London in 1971.
In the spirit of Ruth's 'Happy Mail throughout 2012', I am offering a copy of the book(I shall be keeping the original!) up to one of my lovely readers...all you have to do is to leave a comment on this post before Mon (23rd) at midnight (GMT).
In the meantime, I am off to look out some more photos, in the hope of getting a couple more of Shimelle's challenges completed.
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx
Happy Mail is fabulous. Think I need to be sending a bit more out. Lucky you - enjoy scrapping :0)
ReplyDelete84 Charing Cross is in top 5 best reads ever ... I've saving the next re-read for the flight to New York next month. I thought they went together!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great bunch of happy mail.....and I'd love to read that book.
ReplyDeletelove the card and love your happy mail!!!!have tons of fun!!
ReplyDeleteOh me, me, me - that sounds like a book I would really enjoy! :>)
ReplyDeleteWow, what lovely happy mail!
How lovely to have such happy post! I am really enjoying 'The Girls from Ames', but I'd love to read that book too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky haul there! Hope you enjoy playing.
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds great! Put my name in the hat please! :) I love the idea of Happy Mail Throughout 2012! I really ought to work on that!
ReplyDeleteAll of your mail looks wonderful, and the books sounds marvellous!
ReplyDeleteReceiving happy mail must be so lovely. Great win today - enjoy playing with your new goodies.
ReplyDeleteNow I have that tune in my head and I suspect I will be humming it for the rest of the afternoon! Would love to read that book so please add my name to the list.
ReplyDeleteGlad the little package of this and that for scrapping made it to you safely. That books sounds wonderful - I remember seeing the movie years ago - and if I can find it at my public library I will listen to it again on audio tape. I enjoy listening to books on tape/cd and ones written in letter form are especially suited that that I think. I too am working on a couple more of Shimelle's challenges, just on my late lunch break.
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds interesting....must add it to my ever increasing amazon wishlist!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you do with your goodies :)
will have to look out for that book and I love post like that xx
ReplyDeleteoooh! look at those goodies! Lucky you:) Would love to have a chance to read the book, sounds like something I'd enjoy. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like happy mail, it's always a lovely surprise! Enjoy your goodies :)
ReplyDeleteOooh lots of happy mail indeed! Well done on your win (love those stamps!)
ReplyDeleteVery embarassed to discover this post at the very end of my Google Reader next button!! I'm so glad you liked the card. And that book? It's one of my all-time favourites, along with the fims, and it has given me a lot of pleasure to read the comments here and see how many of my friends also love it
ReplyDeletewow, this is one of those serendipitous posts!! I have seen the movie for this, but would love to read the book... I think this post means I need to move it 'up' in my list of books to read. Sadly, it isn't available at my library- why, I don't know- so I'll have to find it somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteLove your happy mail; that's the best kind!!
How lovely to have "happy mail" Alison. I hope you enjoy them very much. And please include me in your draw - I would love to read this! Thank you so much for keeping on dropping in on my blog - your visits are appreciated. J x
ReplyDeleteOooh, please put my name in the draw.
ReplyDeleteRinda