THE LAST NOEL

I want to thank The Times and Noel Perrin (“Trust Me on This,” Jan. 24) for putting me back in touch with the books of Noel Streatfeild. I was in college when “Movie Shoes” was written so I missed it, but I enjoyed many of her other books when I was younger. Tomorrow I will be at the library when it opens to check out “Movie Shoes” and see what other N.S. books to look forward to.

JOSEPHINE S. YOUNG

GARDENA

Our end note on Perrin’s piece notwithstanding, “Movie Shoes” has indeed recently gone out of print, but it’s worth checking with a local library, or at used-book sales.--Ed.