Talking Pictures Images and Messages Rescued from the Past

With the candid quirkiness of <i>Awkward Family Photos </i>and the confessional intimacy of <i>PostSecret</i>, Ransom Riggs's <i>Talking Pictures </i>is a haunting collection of antique found photographs—with evocative inscriptions that bring these lost personal moments to life—from the author of the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling illustrated novel <i>Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children</i>. Each image in <i>Talking Pictures</i> reveals a singular, frozen moment in a person’s life, be it joyful, quiet, or steeped in sorrow. Yet the book’s unique depth comes from the writing accompanying each photo: as with the caption revealing how one seemingly random snapshot of a dancing couple captured the first dance of their 40-year marriage, each successive inscription shines like a flashbulb illuminating a photograph’s particular context and lighting up our connection to the past.