The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths About Who We Are

While this book was written with both passion and expertise I found the marketing blurb to be misleading. Any hope I had that it might give me some new deductive skills was extinguished by the end of the third chapter. If you're a fan of psychology or child development you'll devour this book. If yo......more

THE TELL: inspired this review/article: Secure Attachment: Do Good Teachers Need It As my third period students filed in the door for physics class, one of the 8th graders whispered to me, "They did it again. Ms. Morgan (name changed) cried in class." I wondered what happened this time. Ms. Morgan and......more

I found it quite boring. How is it that all of these psychology books end up describing the same studies over and over again? Surely social and developmental psychology have more than a handful of interesting studies, but every book refers to the development of attachment theory and how tall men mak......more

This is the kind of book that is filled with the interesting, bizarre research findings that you feel compelled to share with someone. Hertenstein even uses a literary device where at the end of each chapter, he gives you the 3 best findings to share at a party. What behaviors help in the early detec......more

Perhaps I would have enjoyed this book more if I hadn't read similar books before that described some of the same studies "The Tell" does, to make different points. I didn't find anything particularly unique that really fulfills the title, though of course there were some interesting findings inters......more