84 Charing Cross Road (A14)

Helen Hanff, a feisty New York writer, mails a letter to a small London bookshop requesting some rare English classics. Frank Doel, the reserved English bookseller, answers her request, beginning a touching and humorous correspondence that spans two continents and two decades. Hanff's acerbic wit starkly contrasts Doel's aloof British demeanor, but their mutual love of books forms a bond that deepens with each passing year.