LEADER 00000cam 2200397Ii 4500 001 sky287955899 003 SKY 005 20170601102600.0 008 170213s2017 nyua 000 0deng d 020 9780062562661 020 0062562665 040 YDX|beng|erda|cYDX|dBTCTA|dBDX|dJRU|dCLE|dFM0|dCIB |dUtOrBLW 043 e-uk-en 092 BIO|bJENNER 100 1 Halson, Penrose,|eauthor. 245 14 The marriage bureau :|bthe true story of how two matchmakers arranged love in wartime London /|cPenrose Halson. 264 1 New York, NY :|bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperColllinsPublishers,|c[2017] 300 viii, 313, 25 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ;|c21 cm 336 text|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|2rdamedia 338 volume|2rdacarrier 500 Originally published as Marriages are made in Bond Street, in the U.K. in 2016 by Macmillan. 500 Includes P.S. section (About the author -- About the book -- Reading group questions). 520 "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 Halsonwho many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureautells their story, and those of their clients."--Back cover. 600 10 Jenner, Heather. 600 10 Oliver, Mary. 650 0 Mate selection|zEngland|zLondon|xHistory|y20th century |vBiography. 650 0 Dating services|zEngland|zLondon|xHistory|y20th century |vBiography. 650 0 Marriage|zEngland|zLondon|xHistory|y20th century |vBiography. 651 0 London (England)|xSocial life and customs|y20th century |vBiography.
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