The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

The author of 84, Charing Cross Road chronicles her dream-come-true trip to London and its literary landmarks: "A charmer." —The New York Times

When she's invited to London for the English publication of her wildly successful book, 84, Charing Cross Road—in which she shares two decades of correspondence with Frank Doel, a British bookseller who became a dear friend—New York writer Helene Hanff is thrilled to realize a lifelong dream. The trip will be bittersweet, because she can't help wish...