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‘From diets and love affairs to self-worth and sexuality, a book of letters penned by celebrities to their younger selves offers invaluable advice for us all, says Sir Elton John’
Sunday Telegraph 18/10
‘Fore the Elton John Aids Foundation participants were asked to write a letter of advice to their 16-year-old self. I did one...but reading the 63 others gave a giddy sense of floodgates being opened: a middle-aged desperation to tell younger selves how to live’
Libby Purves, The Times 2/11
‘Our favourite celebs write a letter to their teenage selves giving advice and real insights into their personalities. Funny, touching and all in a good cause – the proceeds go to the Elton John AIDS Foundation’
Woman’s Own 23/10
‘“[Dear Me: A Letter To My Sixteen-Year-Old Self] is a collection of letters a number of people, including myself, have written to our ourselves when we were 16. I really enjoyed writing it and can’t wait for it to come out. Elton John’s entry was the best – he’s brilliant!”’
Interview, New magazine 2/11
‘Publisher Simon and Schuster has set up a website, www.dearmebooks.com, and a Twitter feed for the public to offer their own advice to their younger selves, to take the project beyond the world of celebrities’
Extract, Scottish Sunday Herald 1/11
‘What would you say to your younger self? What advice would you give, what message of love?.. This was the question put to a range of celebrities – musicians and actors, explorers and authors, film directors, even an arch-bishop. Their responses – some hand scribbled, others typed on headed notepaper, and most accompanied by a photograph of the author as a teenager – have been gathered in Dear Me’
Two-page extract, Scotsman 31/10
‘There’s a new book out called Dear Me, in which the likes of Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr, Peter Kay, Stephen Fry and, in a tiny way, myself write just those letters. A £1 donation from every copy goes to the Elton John Aids Foundation. Hey... Christmas soon, eh?’
Danny Wallace, Shortlist 12/11
‘Excellent charity book in which top famous people write letters to their teenage selves’
Heat 14/11
‘Absolutely hilarious... A pound from each copy sold goes to the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and you will laugh out loud frequently while reading this thoroughly engrossing book’
Five stars, Heat 14/11
‘Dear Sir. Dear Madam. Dear me. As a lamentation rather than a greeting, “dear me” occurred as I flicked through a clever book (proceeds to the Elton John Aids Foundation0 recommended by my colleague Libby Purves. “Dear Me – a letter to my sixteen-year-old self” is an anthology of letters to themselves from a range of famous people. Some are moving, some self-pitying, some funny, many patronising, and a few verbose. All are intriguing’
Matthew Parris, The Times 14/11
‘Four-times-married PATSY KENSIT writes a letter to her 16-year-old self’
‘The things they say’, Express 15/11
‘Celebrities, including Alan Carr, Peter Kay and Will Young, write a letter to their teenage selves. From the hilarious to the heartbreaking, they all offer an insight into stars we love. Plus, $1 from each copy will be given to the Elton John Aids Foundation’
Five stars, Company magazine December issue
‘If you could write a letter to yourself as a 16-year-old what would you say? You’d want to tell yourself that you will eventually find rue love and that your parents were only doing the best for you, right? This book sees celebs like Will Young, Peter Kay and Alan Carr writing to their teen selves, with hilarious results’
Scottish Daily Record 17/11
‘Unexpectedly revealing and surprisingly moving’
Guardian 12/12
‘A brilliantly simple idea, executed with finesse’
Time Out 21/1
Sunday Telegraph 18/10
‘Fore the Elton John Aids Foundation participants were asked to write a letter of advice to their 16-year-old self. I did one...but reading the 63 others gave a giddy sense of floodgates being opened: a middle-aged desperation to tell younger selves how to live’
Libby Purves, The Times 2/11
‘Our favourite celebs write a letter to their teenage selves giving advice and real insights into their personalities. Funny, touching and all in a good cause – the proceeds go to the Elton John AIDS Foundation’
Woman’s Own 23/10
‘“[Dear Me: A Letter To My Sixteen-Year-Old Self] is a collection of letters a number of people, including myself, have written to our ourselves when we were 16. I really enjoyed writing it and can’t wait for it to come out. Elton John’s entry was the best – he’s brilliant!”’
Interview, New magazine 2/11
‘Publisher Simon and Schuster has set up a website, www.dearmebooks.com, and a Twitter feed for the public to offer their own advice to their younger selves, to take the project beyond the world of celebrities’
Extract, Scottish Sunday Herald 1/11
‘What would you say to your younger self? What advice would you give, what message of love?.. This was the question put to a range of celebrities – musicians and actors, explorers and authors, film directors, even an arch-bishop. Their responses – some hand scribbled, others typed on headed notepaper, and most accompanied by a photograph of the author as a teenager – have been gathered in Dear Me’
Two-page extract, Scotsman 31/10
‘There’s a new book out called Dear Me, in which the likes of Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr, Peter Kay, Stephen Fry and, in a tiny way, myself write just those letters. A £1 donation from every copy goes to the Elton John Aids Foundation. Hey... Christmas soon, eh?’
Danny Wallace, Shortlist 12/11
‘Excellent charity book in which top famous people write letters to their teenage selves’
Heat 14/11
‘Absolutely hilarious... A pound from each copy sold goes to the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and you will laugh out loud frequently while reading this thoroughly engrossing book’
Five stars, Heat 14/11
‘Dear Sir. Dear Madam. Dear me. As a lamentation rather than a greeting, “dear me” occurred as I flicked through a clever book (proceeds to the Elton John Aids Foundation0 recommended by my colleague Libby Purves. “Dear Me – a letter to my sixteen-year-old self” is an anthology of letters to themselves from a range of famous people. Some are moving, some self-pitying, some funny, many patronising, and a few verbose. All are intriguing’
Matthew Parris, The Times 14/11
‘Four-times-married PATSY KENSIT writes a letter to her 16-year-old self’
‘The things they say’, Express 15/11
‘Celebrities, including Alan Carr, Peter Kay and Will Young, write a letter to their teenage selves. From the hilarious to the heartbreaking, they all offer an insight into stars we love. Plus, $1 from each copy will be given to the Elton John Aids Foundation’
Five stars, Company magazine December issue
‘If you could write a letter to yourself as a 16-year-old what would you say? You’d want to tell yourself that you will eventually find rue love and that your parents were only doing the best for you, right? This book sees celebs like Will Young, Peter Kay and Alan Carr writing to their teen selves, with hilarious results’
Scottish Daily Record 17/11
‘Unexpectedly revealing and surprisingly moving’
Guardian 12/12
‘A brilliantly simple idea, executed with finesse’
Time Out 21/1
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- EditoreSimon & Schuster Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2027
- ISBN 10 1847399045
- ISBN 13 9781847399045
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine128
- RedattoreGalliano Joseph
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