<p><b>A TRUE STORY THAT HAS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF THOUSANDS</b><br><br><b>''Unmitigated delight from cover to cover'' <i>DAILY TELEGRAPH </i></b><br><br><b>''A real-life love story . . . A timeless period piece. Do read it'' <i>WALL STREET JOURNAL </i></b><br><br><b>''Beguile an hour of your time and put you in tune with mankind'' <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i></b><br><br>This charming classic, first published in 1970, brings together twenty years of correspondence between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a winsome, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Their relationship, captured so acutely in these letters, is one that will grab your heart and not let go.</p>