OE Book Club | December | 84, Charing Cross Road

The OE December Holiday Book Club. Wine & Lite Bites are included in the ticket. OE Book Club | December Annual White Elephant Book Swap PLEASE BRING ALONG A WRAPPED FAVORITE BOOK TO PARTICIPATE. The white elephant swap will take place after the book discussion. 84, CHARING CROSS ROAD A heartwarming love story about people who love books for readers who love books This funny, poignant, classic love story unfolds through a series of letters between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a charming, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Discover the relationship that has touched the hearts of thousands of readers around the world, and was the basis for a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft. Helene Hanff (1916–1997) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1940s and ’50s she wrote plays and television scripts in New York City but found little success until her best-known book, 84, Charing Cross Road , was published in 1970. The book was a smash hit and has been adapted for the radio, stage, film, and television.