To Sir, With Love, another remake ala You've Got Mail! 4*

 

As an admitted rom com afficionado, I have watched Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan answer the AOL siren call many times in Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail.  I knew it was based on a classic and have promised myself a viewing of the 1940’s The Shop Around the Corner.  To Sir, With Love, brought that same romantic feeling to 2021 with of course, an app.  The delicious fantasy that we develop when we spend time in our own imagination, fueled by words of kindness and understanding, is perfectly portrayed by Lauren Layne’s Grace/Lady and Sebastian/Sir.  Setting it in a Champagne shop in Manhattan extended the fantasy for those of us who have always dreamed of New York, but know it belongs firmly there, in our dreams. 

You will love these characters, even though you have a pretty good idea of what will happen.  Thanks Lauren Layne, for a delightful escape in these serious and weary times.

 

Thanks to the publisher, Simon and Schuster, and Net Galley for giving me this break! To Sir, With Love was published today, June 29, 2021.