With the candid quirkiness of
Awkward Family Photos
and the confessional intimacy of
PostSecret
, Ransom Riggs's
Talking Pictures
is a haunting collection of antique found photographs—with evocative inscriptions that bring these lost personal moments to life—from the author of the
New York Times
bestselling illustrated novel
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
. Each image in
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.