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| Author: Bill Shapiro
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Category: Book
List Price: $22.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 2994
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.9 x 1
ISBN: 0307382648
Dewey Decimal Number: 392.6
EAN: 9780307382641
ASIN: 0307382648
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 love it! January 18, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book filled with awesome and often entertaining love letters. I'd recommend it for anyone. Makes a great gift!
very happy January 14, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was very pleased with my purchase...the book was in great condition and arrived before the specified date.
Sweet reminder about love January 13, 2008
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Other People's Love Letters by Bill Shapiro is a fascinating peek into love: its beginnings and endings, and the twisted path between. Shapiro, whose website has many more of these letters, asked his friends and exs for old love letters. They, in turn, asked others giving Shapiro a huge range of letters to choose from in making this book. From sweet text messages, to post divorce rants, these letters are enjoyable and insightful. It's amazing how similar letters written in the first throes of love are: you're amazing; I can't live without you. But Shapiro tried to pick letters that said something deeper and love and the human condition. It's not a book you want to read in one sitting; reading too many back to back makes them lose their potency. But taken in small doses, it's a great way to remember how good love feels in the beginning and how sweet it can be after many years. Some of my favorite letters were the ones written by married couples several years in. Shapiro includes a short epilogue with brief stories about some of the couples who wrote the letters. Reading these made the letters even more powerful, especially the one from a husband serving in Vietnam in 1969. A great read, perfect as a Valentine's Day gift; give it with your own love letter!
Wonderful January 8, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gift for a friend, but after browsing through it, was quite tempted to steal it back from her. There are some really adorable heart-warming notes, & some notes of love gone awry. Not just a book for the romantic, but for the skeptic too--some discourage and show love's pitfalls, but also many leave you terribly optimistic. I highly recommend it.
 Good book for artistic value... January 7, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I thought this was a great book...however, it's not "juicy" love letters like you would expect, but more unique love letters. In some instances, you only get to see a portion of the letter instead of seeing it in it's entirety, and in other portions the letters you are reading aren't at all about love. Either way, I am a big fan of "Found" and "PostSecret" and I think this book is right up there with them and hope to see more editions.
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