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Bezig met laden... Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See (2007)door Bill Shapiro
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I thought this was a cute book. It's filled with letters with love, hate, separation, passion, etc. I enjoyed the handwritten ones a lot better than the typed letters. Perfect for anyone in a relationship or a hopeless romantic. ( ) This collection of actual love letters is not as cringe-inducing as say, Gov. Sanford's overwrought e-mails to his Argentine lover. There are some such moments but on the whole, these letters are quirky, cute, ordinary and mostly thoughtful. There are also breakup letters, ultimatums and confused revelations of the heart. There's a voyeuristic thrill to reading other actual love letters but it will also inspire you to dig up your old love correspondence. I did! Similar to the PostSecret website and books, Other Peopleâs Love Letters is meant to lay bare the souls of everyday people, perhaps revealing insights about humanity and our similarities along the way. However, I did not find this book at all as interesting as PostSecret, even if the concept is somewhat similar. In the introduction, the editor describes how he stumbled upon a girlfriendâs love letter from a past lover. He began musing on collecting love letters not intended for his eyes and proceeded to do so. However, some of the correspondence included in this book cannot be classified as love letters â many are break-up, post-divorce, or even âI hate youâ letters. The rest are mostly trite and badly written, to the point that reading this book reminded me of having to slog through countless entries of bad poetry as editor of my high school poetry anthology way back when. But, some of the letters were heartfelt and deep, and those were truly touching to read. It was also interesting to stumble upon some rare finds, such as letters dating back to the early 1900s. The book ends with a postscript â a sort of âwhere are they nowâ section on some of the letter writers and recipients. I would have liked to see these back stories on the same page as the corresponding letter, rather than later when I no longer remembered the exact contents of the letter (and to be honest, was too lazy at this point to go back and try to find the letters a second time). Overall, this book is a quick read and the physical design of the book is a work of art, but I wouldnât necessarily recommend this book as I did not enjoy it nearly as much as I would have anticipated. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:Fevered notes scribbled on napkins after first dates. Titillating text messages. It's-not-you-it's-me relationship-enders. In Other Peopleâ??s Love Letters, Bill Shapiro has searched Americaâ??s attics, closets, and cigar boxes and found actual lettersâ??unflinchingly honest missives full of lust, provocation, guilt, and vulnerabilityâ??written only for a loverâ??s eyes. Modern love, of course, is not all bliss, and in these pages youâ??ll find the full range of a relationship, with its whispered promises as well as its heartache. But what at first appears to be a deliciously voyeuristic peek into other peopleâ??s most passionate moments, will ultimately reawaken your own desires and tendernessâ?Śbecause when you read these letters, youâ??ll find the heart youâ??re looking into is actually your own. â?˘ "i think UR great. wanna have wine & Tequila again sometime?" â?˘ "I can't believe you're real, and I think about you constantly in some way or the other all day. I haven't given the finger to anyone driving since I met you." â?˘ "With you I learned how to fight cleaner, how to talk things out better, and how to make a strong loving family out of nothing. These are priceless gifts that I will carry with me the rest of my life. One more thing you did for me: you left, and I had to get through it." â?˘ "P.S. I look forward to your letters too much to c Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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