He passionately believes every business has untapped potential, a best-selling success story yet to be written. In this episode, Ladey Adey is joined by David Rogers.David is Chief Business Narrator at Fuelled, Fit and Fired Up. Later for my birthday in April, my daughter Abbirose and I visited the site of 84 Charing Cross Road (now a MacDonalds) and the plaque is there. It's something you are, it comes from within” Scattered Leaves by Angela Garry about the life of Helene Hanff will be published later in 2022.Īngela’s own books are worth considering too. I would like to quote from her short story collection “Twisted Tales” In it Angela says, “Being a writer isn't something you just do. In this podcast Angela reveals more about the visit and her continual interest in Helene Hanff’s legacy. This was the start of my relationship with this author – as a reader.”Īngela went on to write to Helene and then met her in New York.
And then I returned to the bookshop another day and found more of her books and just started buying whatever I could of her six books for adults.
The latter is Helene’s diary of traveling to London, on the strength of publishing 84. This book was coupled with the book of the Duchess of Bloomsbury Street in one small volume. “I loved the film and at the end of the film, I sat and watched the credits as you do, to realise it was based on the book by her Helene Hanff, she's was real person.
One of the films shown was 84, Charing Cross Road which had been released the year before, This was back in 1988, and Angela says, This was the first book to be reviewed by The Book AcademyĪngela became interested in Helene Hanff’s writing when she was university and joined the Cinema Society. The Book Academy members had read 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff and although Helene is not with us any longer were delighted to find Angela had set up a facebook group dedicated to Helene and is in the process of writing her biography. It is wonderful to meet Angela Garry who is an author in her own right and as a biographer of Helene Hanff.
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