It's a fantastic trip back into the past. These are the days before mobile phones and it was a joy to read of her receiving notes inviting her to be somewhere, sometimes at short notice and her then trying to find her way around London.
She sees London and trips further afield through the eyes of a New Yorker and it is just so entertaining. Maybe because she stays in Bloomsbury an area I know well and even the hotel I regularly used to stay in - which makes it seem all the more special to me now. The second book is when Helene finally gets to London in the 60s and I loved this book even more.
Helene has that smart mouth New York way of writing and it is really so entertaining, I just loved it. The first book consists purely of letters between Helene Hanff (yes, this really happened) and the staff at Marks & Co - in the main Frank Doel.
I also hadn't realised how much the film changes the story (as usual!). I've read this book before, many years ago, but this is the first time I have had an edition which includes the sequel book The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street.
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