Marriages are Made in Bond Street: True Stories from a 1940s Marriage Bureau
Author: Pan Macmillan Editorial Team
ISBN: 9781509822423
Price: Rs. 519.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereA riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by.In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London’s Bond Street and set about the delicate business of matchmaking. Drawing on the bureau’s extensive archives, Penrose Halson—who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau—tells their story, and those of their clients.From shop girls to debutantes; widowers to war veterans, clients came in search of security, social acceptance, or simply love. And thanks to the meticulous organization and astute intuition of the Bureau’s matchmakers, most found what they were looking for.Penrose Halson draws from newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and interviews with the proprietors themselves to bring the romance and heartbreak of matchmaking during wartime to vivid, often hilarious, life in this unforgettable story of a most unusual business.“A book full of charm and hilarity.”—Country Life
Edition details: English, 320 pages. Reference ISBN: 9781509822423.
About the Author
Pan Macmillan Editorial Team is an acclaimed author whose published works are celebrated internationally for their insight, narrative skill, and enduring reader appeal.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- General / Adult
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9781509822423
- Publisher
- Tor / Pan Macmillan
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereA riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by.In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined...
Who should read this book?
Recommended for readers who enjoy quality books and are looking for genuine, well-crafted literature by Pan Macmillan Editorial Team.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
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- Published by Tor / Pan Macmillan.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 320.
Catalog Description
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereA riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by.In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London’s Bond Street and set about the delicate business of matchmaking. Drawing on the bureau’s extensive archives, Penrose Halson—who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau—tells their story, and those of their clients.From shop girls to debutantes; widowers to war veterans,...
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