For six years Helene Hanff, author of "84 Charing Cross Road", made monthly broadcasts on BBC Radio's "Woman's Hour". In five-minute vignettes she conveyed the ups and downs of life in a high-rise apartment building in the heart of New York City. This is a collection of those humorous and witty pieces. Hanff talks of Bentley, the Old English sheepdog who stole the show at a neighbour's New Year's Eve party; of the regeneration of the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park; of the St Patrick's Day Parade, when all of New York turns green; of Arlene, her high-flying friend whose social life - and wardrobe - puts Hanff's tiny apartment and simple writer's life into perspective; and of how Hanff prepared to fly to London to realize a lifelong dream on the opening night of the play of "84 Charing Cross Road".
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Helene Hanff wrote a monthly letter from New York for the BBC Women's Hour, describing her life and friends in the 'last small town in America'. Don't be put off by it being written for a women's radio programme - it would appeal to a much wider audience than middle-aged matrons. I read this book before my first visit to New York, and it made me want to go there even more. She writes wonderful descriptions of her friends and their pets and their daily lives in Manhattan - a very different place from what I had imagined it to be. It's a chatty, warm and funny book. I intend to read it again and again.
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If you have never been to New York, this book will make you want to go. If you have been to New York, this book will make you want to go back. Hanff's passion seeps off the pages to the reader and I defy you not to love this book!!!
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By Oldflyboy
If you have never read this book, treat yourself it is a delight. It may not be as sophisticated as more modern authors, but it's insight into New York is revealing, it made me want to go back and seek out the areas of the City I have not visited. Enjoy!
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