PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives

PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives

by Frank Warren (Author)

Synopsis

'You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before. Be brief. Be legible. Be creative.' So began Frank Warren's PostSecret project when he handed out postcards to strangers, and asked for them to mail it back. In under a year, more than 10,000 did so, and their secrets were sometimes moving or funny or just plain weird: 'I stole valium from my epileptic dog', 'I waste office supplies because I hate my boss', and 'I've always wanted to rob a bank'. All of these thought-provoking confessions are superbly illustrated throughout, and reveal much about the modern state of life. This book is a great conversation piece, fascinating to flick through, and almost unputdownable once you have.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: First UK Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 02 Nov 2006

ISBN 10: 0752875981
ISBN 13: 9780752875989
Book Overview: Has already sold 150,000 copies in the US, and has remained in Amazon.com's top 100 bestsellers for four months Fascinating anonymous confessions that amuse, amaze or alarm Wonderfully illustrated throughout, this is a coffee table book that is also a real talking point The website www.postsecret.blogspot.com received 7 million visitors in the first quarter of 2006 (up 30% on the previous quarter) and was voted one of Time's 50 Coolest Websites in 2005

Media Reviews
'Compulsive reading' FIRST 'Sad, funny and scary' VENUE
Author Bio
Frank Warren is the founder and curator of the PostSecret project, which he started in November 2004. He has received thousands of postcards, and is now setting up a travelling exhibition of the best cards. He lives in Maryland, USA.