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Missed Connections - Love, Lost & Found

by Sophie Blackall
Missed Connections - Love, Lost & Found - Thryft
Missed Connections - Love, Lost & Found - Thryft

Missed connections: Serendipitous love tales in illustrations.

This book is an ideal read for those who believe in fate and missed opportunities. The illustrated love stories will make you believe in chance encounters and may trigger serendipitous moments in your life. The unique feature of this book is the way it captures the essence and beauty of missed connections through stunning artwork that perfectly portrays the emotion and intimacy in each tale. Readers will feel a range of emotions from the hopeful and humorous to the heart-wrenching and poignant. Overall, Missed Connections is a delightful and touching collection of love stories that will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered "what if?"

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Missed Connections - Love, Lost & Found

by Sophie Blackall
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ISBN: 9780761163589
Authors: Sophie Blackall
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Date of Publication: 2011-09-22
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art
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Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 1746 readers)

Description

In her first book for adults, the artist Sophie Blackall creates a deeply felt, poignant book about love—a book that captures the mystery, the yearning, at times the cosmic humor behind the “what if?” of a missed connection.Like a message in a bottle, a “missed connection" classified (usually posted on a website) is an attempt however far-fetched, by one stranger to reach another on the strength of a remembered glance, smile, or blue hat. The anonymous messages are hopeful and hopeless, funny and sad. Ms. Blackall, award-winning illustrator of Ruby’s Wish and Big Red Lollipop , has turned some of the most evocative (or hilarious) of them into exquisite paintings.Missed Connections is a collection of illustrated love stories. There’s “We Shared a Bear Suit.” “If Not for Your Noisy Tambourine.” “Hairy Bearded Swimmer.” Each is told in the shorthand of a “missed connection,” and then illustrated in Chinese ink and watercolor. The paintings are delicate yet full of feeling, each springing from one little detail of the post into a fully imagined world. Each brings the voyeuristic pleasure of watching love at first sight, and the pleasure of watching an artist discover a fresh new way to tell a story. And not all the connections are missed. Hidden in the book are three pieces that conjure up the magic of love found.
 

Missed connections: Serendipitous love tales in illustrations.

This book is an ideal read for those who believe in fate and missed opportunities. The illustrated love stories will make you believe in chance encounters and may trigger serendipitous moments in your life. The unique feature of this book is the way it captures the essence and beauty of missed connections through stunning artwork that perfectly portrays the emotion and intimacy in each tale. Readers will feel a range of emotions from the hopeful and humorous to the heart-wrenching and poignant. Overall, Missed Connections is a delightful and touching collection of love stories that will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered "what if?"

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.