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Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See

by Bill Shapiro

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Fevered notes scribbled on napkins after first dates. Titillating text messages. It's-not-you-it's-me relationship-enders. In Other People’s Love Letters, Bill Shapiro has searched America’s attics, closets, and cigar boxes and found actual letters–unflinchingly honest missives full of lust, provocation, guilt, and vulnerability–written only for a lover’s eyes. Modern love, of course, is not all bliss, and in these pages you’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 people’s most passionate moments, will ultimately reawaken your own desires and tenderness…because when you read these letters, you’ll find the heart you’re looking into is actually your own.

• "i think UR great. wanna have wine & Tequila again sometime?"

• "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."

• "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."

• "P.S. I look forward to your letters too much to call. Also, where do you stand on chains?"

Synopsis:

This collection offers insight into love and relationships through letters that are written by an astonishing cross-section of people, and appear exactly as they had been written, providing an uncensored look at modern loves most unguarded moments. 175 full-color illustrations.

About the Author

Bill Shapiro is the former editor of LIFE magazine. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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iamhimaintenance, January 12, 2008 (view all comments by iamhimaintenance)
I LOVED this book...maybe it's because I was always somewhat of a sneak and was always reading my friend's love letters or diaries ...etc. But with this book, you can keep your friends and still get all the laughs and just plain thank God above that they are NOT coming to YOU!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780307382641
Subtitle:
150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See
Author:
Shapiro, Bill
Author:
Edited by Bill Shapiro
Publisher:
Clarkson N Potter Publishers
Subject:
Love & Romance
Subject:
Letters
Subject:
Customs & Traditions
Subject:
Love-letters
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Love-letters -- United States.
Publication Date:
October 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.24x7.10x.82 in. 1.21 lbs.

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