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Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion

Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
  • Manufacturer:  Main Street Books
Like 84, Charing Cross Road, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern's charming bibliocentric memoir is as much about relationships as it is about books. Charing Cross chronicled the decades-long epistolary friendship between American book lover Helene Hanff and Frank Doel, the equally devoted British bookseller in the London shop from whom she bought many of her treasures. Rostenberg and Stern's book once again proves how a passion for great literature can make for fast friends. And in their case, these two octogenarians occupy the same geographical space, sharing both their professional and private lives. In their introduction, Rostenberg and Stern write: "Several readers inferred . . . that our relationship was a Lesbian one. This was a misconception. The 'deep, deep love' that existed and exists between us . . . has no bearing upon sex. " With that out of the way early on, the two recount the stories of their lives in alternating sections. And oh, what lives they've had! From identifying some of Louisa May Alcott's previously anonymous early writings to traveling the world in search of rare volumes and pamphlets, they have done and seen it all. Successful antiquarian book dealers Rostenberg and Stern undoubtedly are, but as this memoir makes clear, their greatest accomplishment just might be that rarer commodity of friendship that lasts a lifetime. --Alix Wilber  Author(s): Madeline B. Stern Leona Rostenberg.  Binding Paperback.  Publisher(s): Main Street Books.  Label: Main Street Books.
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Product Features

Author : Madeline B. Stern
Brand : Main Street Books
Fiction Categories : Literary
Format : Paperback
Title : Title N-R
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