02816cam a2200337 4500 915623762 TxAuBib 20230803120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062442048 006244204X B016UEKRES Amazon cdcced8d-e14e-4b1b-9ed9-4c788ff62afe OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2435164 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hanff, Helene. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street [Libby]. HarperCollins, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 484kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 484kB. Biography & Autobiography. Literary Criticism. Travel. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Nancy Mitford meets Nora Ephron in the pages of The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, Helene Hanff's delightful travelogue about her "bucket list" trip to London</p> <p>When devoted Anglophile Helene Hanff is invited to London for the English publication of 84, Charing Cross Road—in which she shares two decades of correspondence with Frank Doel, a British bookseller who became a dear friend—she can hardly believe her luck. Frank is no longer alive, but his widow and daughter, along with enthusiastic British fans from all walks of life, embrace Helene as an honored guest. Eager hosts, including a famous actress and a retired colonel, sweep her up in a whirlwind of plays and dinners, trips to Harrod's, and wild jaunts to their favorite corners of the countryside.</p> <p>A New Yorker who isn't afraid to speak her mind, Helene Hanff delivers an outsider's funny yet fabulous portrait of idiosyncratic Britain at its best. And whether she is walking across the Oxford University courtyard where John Donne used to tread, visiting Windsor Castle, or telling a British barman how to make a real American martini, Helene always wears her heart on her sleeve. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is not only a witty account of two different worlds colliding but also a love letter to England and its literary heritage—and a celebration of the written word's power to sustain us, transport us, and unite us.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-08-03 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cdcced8d-e14e-4b1b-9ed9-4c788ff62afe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cdcced8d-e14e-4b1b-9ed9-4c788ff62afe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cdcced8d-e14e-4b1b-9ed9-4c788ff62afe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)