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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?"
Anonymous
Posted March 16, 2008
This book is a motley collection of love letters. Some sad, some funny, some really really romantic, some sort of explicit. It's a great read for anyone who's ever liked another person (read: everyone).
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Posted November 28, 2007
Yesterday I read about this book in People magazine, then ran out and bought it as soon as I punched out of work. I've already finished the book. The book brought me back to an emotional/nostalgic place full of rememberance, joy, hurt, sorrow, and everything I've felt in the past. But only this time, I also got to see it through the hearts of others. The book is so raw and honest, it's 100% natural sentiments. But, be prepared for some tears. I cried at my work desk when I read the stories behind the letters. The book is basically a collection of old letters, but it goes way beyond that. I loved this book and I plan on going home and reading my old letters that I recieved when my boyfriend was working as a Merchant Marine overseas in Casablanca.
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Posted July 10, 2011
I can read some of this book; the rest is either too small or gray text on a gray image. Keep your cash, or go buy the hardcover edition.
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Posted June 25, 2011
if you download this on your nook, if the letters are small, then good luck reading them. There is no way to make it bigger so you can see them better either. but other than that I love the concept of these books. Just wish I could have read half of them
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Posted February 15, 2011
only 38 pages for the price and the book lockked up on page 5
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Posted April 8, 2010
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once it came in the mail i couldnt stop reading it! my friends also got a kick out of some of the letters that are so funny and sweet at the same time! a must read!!
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Posted February 20, 2010
If i could explain with words how much i love this book, i would. but i don't have the words, therefore i'll just say that if you are a person that loves to read other persons love letters because you think its adorable and sometimes, they make you cry..this is a book for you. It's inspiring, lovely, a little bit sexual(only a couple letters) and really "deep sounding". It's an amazing book, i truly never thought i was going to like it this much. I can't stop reading it, whenever i'm bored, it inspires me to do something.
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Posted February 20, 2010
Fun to read and see into other people's stories of love!
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Posted January 9, 2010
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I enjoyed the length of the entries in this PostSecret book. It took me several nights to finish it, instead of a single sitting like other PostSecret books. It's a very intimate book, and you really take on the feelings of the people that sent the anonymous postcards and letters. I loved it, and highly recommend this book!
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Posted November 18, 2009
This book could make you laugh and cry at the same time..I have read it over and over. I never get bored of it.
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Posted February 17, 2009
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This is similar to the Post Secret series, which is and awesome series! It is a book made up of personal lover letters - people are always interested in others' love lives, so what could be better than a book full of just that!?
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Posted February 10, 2009
Perfect Valentine gift for the coffee table book lover type. Great to look at- all letters are shown in their original form. NOT sappy. Clever.
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Posted June 2, 2008
I found this book while searching for books similar to the Postsecret series and was imediately drawn to it. After a friend of mine found out about it too, I just had to buy it. Absolutely incredible. Worth every penny. Reading the letters were so heartwarming that it was practically a secret indulgence of mine to read a few before bed. Sweet dreams. After reading all of the letters, I can't help but reflect on past relationships and wonder how things may have been different if we had exchaged adorable little love letters.
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Posted February 1, 2008
I found this book in my 14 yr old daughters room. It said 'family' on the side. I was disgusted. This is crap and has little to do with romance. Penthouse should have published some of the 'letters' in this book. Adults: go ahead and read. KEEP IT OUT OF THE KIDS HANDS!
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Overview
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 ...