A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061238600 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Frank Warren started PostSecret as a community art project where he invited total strangers to anonymously mail in their secrets on a homemade postcard. The postcards have been curated for five New York Times bestselling books and have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the American Visionary Art Museum. In 2011 Frank was awarded the ‘HopeLine Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his work on suicide prevention and was invited to the White House to work on issues of mental
He has shared these PostSecrets on his award-winning blog, PostSecret, in an internationally traveling art exhibit, and in three electrifying books: the bestselling PostSecret, My Secret, and The Secret Lives of Men and Women.Now, in his most extraordinary book yet, Warren again delves into our collective confessions, presenting a never-before-seen selection of provocative and moving PostSecrets. A Lifetime of Secrets lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and desires, from people as young as eight and as old as eighty. The award-winning PostSec
"I cannot say enough good for these books" according to J. King. I cannot say enough good for these books. Letting thousands of people in on your own, very personal secrets, is something most people would never consider, but being able to read some of these is not only highly interesting, it's almost comforting. Being able to see that you're not the only person in the world with "deep, dark secrets" helps yo. "The result of a top blog creating top videos which became this top book" according to Kcorn. This book has an unusual history. It began as a community where people were encouraged to send in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. The key word - Anonymous. This struck a chord in many, allowing them a way to let loose a wealth of pent-up emotions and desires, from funny to grotesque. It also struck a chord in people who rea. A Book Too Beautiful to Ignore A Book Too BeautigulStunning, heartbreaking, uplifting, beautiful, ugly, compassionate, repulsive, angry, regretful. Reading this book is like poetry or listening to a symphony. There are crashes and crescendos. Rises and falls. It's a beautiful book filled with beautiful words. From the funny to the very serious, they are ALL of them worth so
The postmarks on each card were different, but when I posted them together on the PostSecret website (postsecret) they seemed as though they could have been written by the same person at two different points in her life. But I would trade all that in if it meant I would be beautiful.I spent my high school years believing I was UGLY. I invited each person to anonymously write down a secret on a card and then pass it on. Others shared personal experiences of how talking about a painful secret had helped heal a lifelong relationship. I am a junior in high school. During our drive we passed through a long dark stretch of highway when my father broke the silence by asking me, "Do you want to know my secret?" He bravely recounted a traumatic childhood exper