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`A brilliantly simple idea, executed with finesse' --Time Out
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If you were to write a letter to your 16-year-old self, what would it say?
In Dear Me, some of the world's best loved personalities have written just such a letter. Dear Me includes letters from three knights, a handful of Oscar winners, a bevy of Baftas, an intrepid explorer, a few teenage pop stars, an avid horticulturalist, pages and pages of bestselling authors, a dishy doctor, a full credit of film directors, a lovey of top actors, a giggle of comedians and an Archbishop! The letters range from the compassionate to the shocking via hilarity and heartbreak, but they all have one thing in common: they offer a unique insight into the teenager who would grow up to be.... Stephen Fry, Annie Lennox, Paul O'Grady, Jackie Collins, Fay Weldon, Alan Carr, Peter Kay, Debbie Harry, Brenda Blethyn , Jonathan Ross, Liz Smith, Will Young, Alison Moyet, Rosanne Cash, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Yoko Ono, Emma Thompson… to name but a few.
It is the PERFECT GIFT for your mum and dad, sister or brother, gran or granddad or someone who is a teenager, even turning 16
In Dear Me, some of the world's best loved personalities have written just such a letter. Dear Me includes letters from three knights, a handful of Oscar winners, a bevy of Baftas, an intrepid explorer, a few teenage pop stars, an avid horticulturalist, pages and pages of bestselling authors, a dishy doctor, a full credit of film directors, a lovey of top actors, a giggle of comedians and an Archbishop! The letters range from the compassionate to the shocking via hilarity and heartbreak, but they all have one thing in common: they offer a unique insight into the teenager who would grow up to be.... Stephen Fry, Annie Lennox, Paul O'Grady, Jackie Collins, Fay Weldon, Alan Carr, Peter Kay, Debbie Harry, Brenda Blethyn , Jonathan Ross, Liz Smith, Will Young, Alison Moyet, Rosanne Cash, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Yoko Ono, Emma Thompson… to name but a few.
It is the PERFECT GIFT for your mum and dad, sister or brother, gran or granddad or someone who is a teenager, even turning 16
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Even if you've picked up this book just for one name you've excitedly spotted in amongst the sundry mass of contributors (from Trisha Goddard to Simon Callow), I guarantee you'll get sucked in and won't emerge until you've read every reassurance, scolding and tease directed over the imaginary bridge through time. Many of the letters delight in the idea of "predicting" our past selves' future (Julian Clary: "it's hard to swallow, but in a few years time you will swan around in black rubber consuming men like After Eight Mints") or else trying to change them (Danny Wallace: "buy shares in Google. That should sort just about everything out").
Just don't get involved in this on a philosophical level, or you'll wonder if the contributors really are imagining time travel or if they're just indulgently telling us, the readers, about their childhoods. Still, most (if not all) of them are playing along, meaning that there's some real snippets of sentiment. You'll be moved. You also might crack a rib laughing.
Just don't get involved in this on a philosophical level, or you'll wonder if the contributors really are imagining time travel or if they're just indulgently telling us, the readers, about their childhoods. Still, most (if not all) of them are playing along, meaning that there's some real snippets of sentiment. You'll be moved. You also might crack a rib laughing.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As the previous reviewer said, it will make you laugh, it will make you cry. But above all, it inspired me to write a letter to MY younger self.
I can relate to a lot of the celebrities in the book as they are people I have grown up seeing on screen. It makes you feel some affinity with them, especially as they seem to have had the same perils and fun times growing up as I did.
The only reason for giving four stars and not 5 is that some of the letters are handwritten and a little difficult to decipher.
I can relate to a lot of the celebrities in the book as they are people I have grown up seeing on screen. It makes you feel some affinity with them, especially as they seem to have had the same perils and fun times growing up as I did.
The only reason for giving four stars and not 5 is that some of the letters are handwritten and a little difficult to decipher.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Originally ordered this book because, as a mega John Barrowman fan I was mainly interested in his input. However,on receipt I found the contributions from many other favourites (Liz Smith,Stephen Fry,Peter Kay etc)and even personalities who were new to me, to be by turns funny, moving, surprising, uplifting and on occasion even upsetting. All in all,a very enjoyable read and a "little book" I am certain I will be dipping into many times in the future.
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Fantastic Book, more please!
I bought this book for my Nephew's forthcoming birthday and i have to say it is a good as i hoped it would be. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Emily
"They are just the same as us!"
They really are, aren't they?! All of these celebs: revered for something famous and infamous, experienced of time and wise, young and beginning to paint their mark in life, very... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Tweedle Deed
Check out the new version
I was a massive fan of this first book, and just noticed the new 2011 edition of the book called Dear Me - MORE letters to your 16-year old self, I was a little unsure about... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mark S
Perfect gift
I bought this on the strength of reviews, having typed a search for 'gift for 16 year old girl'. This was for my God-daughter's birthday. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jezza
Cute.
Bought this as a birthday present for a friend turning 30 - inspired him to write the sweetest letter to his 16 year old self!
Published 15 months ago by SK
Time travel can happen without a Tardis!
Joseph Galliano's idea to contact lots of the great and the good and ask them to write to their sixteen-year-old selves has worked very well. Read more
Published 15 months ago by G. R. Arckless
What a nice surprise! Clever!
Trying to get an original present this book came through the search and what a lovely, lovely surprise. Read more
Published 23 months ago by E. Pierce-jones
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this is an interesting read as it gets you thinking about what you would of told yourself at 16 if you could. Read more
Published on 24 April 2010 by rebecca
Simple, touching and clever
This is a rather clever, and yet breath takingly simple idea. Ask people to write letters to their sixteen year old selves, offering support, comfort, advice. What would you say? Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2010 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
Dear Me
I liked the concept of this book. Some interesting stories from famous people on what advice they would give to their 16 year old self. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2010 by Jen
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