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    "description": "This newly reissued cult favorite, which now includes an introduction by Plum Sykes, is a delightful diary\u2014think Nancy Mitford-meets-Nora Ephron\u2014chronicling author Helene Hanff\u2019s \u201cbucket list\u201d trip to London (at the age of fifty-five!) after the unexpected success of her memoir 84 Charing Cross Road.\n\nWhen she\u2019s invited to London for the English publication of her wildly successful book, 84 Charing Cross Road\u2014in which she shares two decades of correspondence with Frank Doel, a British bookseller who became a dear friend\u2014New York writer Helene Hanff is thrilled to realize a lifelong dream. The trip will be bittersweet, because she can\u2019t help wishing Frank was still alive, but she\u2019s determined to capture every moment of the journey.\n\nHelene\u2019s time in London exceeds her wildest expectations. She visits landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle; explores Shakespeare\u2019s favorite pub, Dickens\u2019s house, and the Oxford University courtyard where John Donne used to walk; and makes a host of new friends from all walks of life, who take her to the theater, introduce her to institutions like Harrod\u2019s, and share with her their favorite corners of countryside.\n\nA love letter to England and its literary heritage, written by a Manhattanite who isn\u2019t afraid to speak her mind (or tell a British barman how to make a real American martini), The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is an endearing account of two wildly different worlds colliding; it\u2019s an outsider\u2019s witty, vibrant portrait of idiosyncratic British culture at its best, as well as a profound commentary about the written word\u2019s power to sustain us, transport us, and unite us.",
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