Comments on: Our first essay winner! http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/09/02/our-first-essay-winner/ Just another www.randomhouse.com Blogs weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:59:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: June Robinson http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/09/02/our-first-essay-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-518 June Robinson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:31:50 +0000 http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//?p=130#comment-518 I read 84, Charing Cross Rd a few years after I saw the film. Like you, I loved reading the letters from Helen to Frank at the bookshop. I couldn’t wait to read about her trip later to London her next book, The Duchess of Bloomsbury. Wonderful fireside reading ! I read 84, Charing Cross Rd a few years after I saw the film. Like you, I loved reading the letters from Helen to Frank at the bookshop. I couldn’t wait to read about her trip later to London her next book, The Duchess of Bloomsbury.
Wonderful fireside reading !

]]> By: Patricia Neumann http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/09/02/our-first-essay-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Patricia Neumann Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:40:31 +0000 http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//?p=130#comment-510 I,too, am a long time fan of 84, Charing Cross Road. I just read "Guernsey..." this past week and was just delighted and will read "84" again. Guernsey is a marvelous book and I am so sorry to see that the author has died. I intended to pursue everything else she had or would write. Her book will last forever. I,too, am a long time fan of 84, Charing Cross Road. I just read “Guernsey…” this past week and was just delighted and will read “84″ again. Guernsey is a marvelous book and I am so sorry to see that the author has died. I intended to pursue everything else she had or would write. Her book will last forever.

]]> By: Ann Haugh http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/09/02/our-first-essay-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Ann Haugh Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:58:52 +0000 http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//?p=130#comment-432 A wonderful essay. A wonderful essay.

]]> By: Lea http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/09/02/our-first-essay-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Lea Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:59:45 +0000 http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//?p=130#comment-421 I read 84 Charing Cross Road only after I'd seen the movie which was extremely heartwarming and full of goodness as was the book. When we went to London for the 1st time in 1990, 84 Charing Cross Road was among our 1st stops. Sadly it was some type of American pizza parlor not even an Italian one. I don't remember there being any plaque but could have missed it. Also maybe it has been installed since 1990. I gave the book to a neighbor about three years ago. She passed it along to her sister. I hope it's still moving. Every time I think of that book, I'm reminded how much the English gave for freedom. May we all remember what the war costs all of our relatives and friends. I read 84 Charing Cross Road only after I’d seen the movie which was extremely heartwarming and full of goodness as was the book.
When we went to London for the 1st time in 1990, 84 Charing Cross Road was among our 1st stops.
Sadly it was some type of American pizza parlor not even an Italian one.
I don’t remember there being any plaque but could have missed it.
Also maybe it has been installed since 1990.
I gave the book to a neighbor about three years ago. She passed it along to her sister. I hope it’s still moving.
Every time I think of that book, I’m reminded how much the English gave for freedom. May we all remember what the war costs all of our relatives and friends.

]]> By: Ann Hoover http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/09/02/our-first-essay-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Ann Hoover Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:57:26 +0000 http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//?p=130#comment-417 Debra - I, too, read 84 Charing Cross Road many, many years ago; and the book about Guernsey prompted me to reread 84 Charing Cross Road; I just finished finished it 2 weeks ago! Your essay was wonderful. Bravo for you. Debra -

I, too, read 84 Charing Cross Road many, many years ago; and the book about Guernsey prompted me to reread 84 Charing Cross Road; I just finished finished it 2 weeks ago! Your essay was wonderful. Bravo for you.

]]> By: Peter Young http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/09/02/our-first-essay-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Peter Young Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:11:46 +0000 http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//?p=130#comment-409 What a joy to read. As a fan of "84 Charing Cross Road" and toom a visitor to the "spot" in London, I can almost feel the happiness that Debra Hughes felt. Bravo! What a joy to read. As a fan of “84 Charing Cross Road” and toom a visitor to the “spot” in London, I can almost feel the happiness that Debra Hughes felt. Bravo!

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