It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure
“A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared. Be warned, though. If you plan to lend out your copy, start out with two. Once it leaves your hands you’ll never see it again.”—Denver Post (on Not Quite What I Was Planning) The editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning are back with its much-anticipated sequel, It All Changed in an Instant. With contributions from acclaimed authors like Malcolm Gladwell, Frank McCourt, Wally Lamb,...
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Thousands of people around the world responded to SMITH Magazine's call for six-word memoirs. Following up on the smashing success of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning, here are more memoirs from Sarah Silverman, Junot Diaz, Neil Patrick Harris, Suze Orman, Gay Talese, Tony Hawk, Amy Tan—and hundreds of never-before-published writers. Funny and bittersweet, witty and wild, or downright tragic, these addictive life stories are both monumental and miniscule. Six-word memoirs have become a global phenomenon, offering anyone and everyone a telling peek at humanity and a chance to find the writer within. "Father: ‘Anything but journalism.' I rebelled." —Malcolm Gladwell "Live man's life in woman's body!" —Diane von Furstenberg "Met wife at her bachelorette party." —Eddie Matz "The miserable childhood leads to royalties." —Frank McCourt "I never checked my lottery ticket." —Casey Burra "Shiny head. Hippie hair. Shiny head." —Wally Lamb "Bipolar, no two ways about it." —Jason Owen "So would you believe me anyway?" —James Frey "Can't look at heart donor's picture." —Tonia Hall "Healed with steel, then got real." —Dr. Mehmet Oz "I still practice my Oscar speech." —Jennifer Labbienti "I've done it all except hear." —Marlee Matlin St. Louis Post-Dispatch “American haiku.”
\ Rocky Mountain News"Six-word memoirs leave book lover speechless."\ \ \ \ \ Toronto Star"A torrent of self-expression not unlike the one launched by Frank Warren when he began inviting people to write their secrets on the back of postcards."\ \ \ Telegraph"A fabulously appealing exercise both for writers and for readers."\ \ \ \ \ St. Louis Post-Dispatch"American haiku."\ \ \ \ \ Philadelphia Magazine"A good number conjure up both a story line and a worldview. Six-word review: Buy it, keep it in bathroom."\ \ \ \ \ Atlanta Journal-Constitution"I fell so in love with it."\ \ \ \ \ VSL.com"Six words. Personal stories. Infinite possibilities. These ADD autobiographies prove that brevity can be the soul not simply of wit."\ \ \ \ \ Denver Post"A perfect distraction and inspiration."\ \ \ \ \ ReadyMade Magazine"The petite self-portraits encompass love and love, joy and sorrow-everything you’d expect from a longer book."\ \ \ \ \ The New Yorker"You could spend a lifetime brainstorming."\ \ \ \ \ Chicago Tribune"Irresistibly clever."\ \ \ \ \ New York Post"The brilliance is in the brevity."\ \ \ \ \ Vanity Fair"Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists."\ \ \ \ \ The Oprah Magazine O“The pithiest of life stories.”\ \ \ \ \ Ira Glass"Dude’s weird premise yields interesting stories."\ \ \ \ \ Telegraph“A fabulously appealing exercise both for writers and for readers.”\ \ \ \ \ Chicago Tribune“Irresistibly clever.”\ \ \ \ \ Atlanta Journal-Constitution“I fell so in love with it.”\ \ \ \ \ Toronto Star“A torrent of self-expression not unlike the one launched by Frank Warren when he began inviting people to write their secrets on the back of postcards.”\ \ \ \ \ The New Yorker“You could spend a lifetime brainstorming.”\ \ \ \ \ Rocky Mountain News“Six-word memoirs leave book lover speechless.”\ \ \ \ \ Denver Post“A perfect distraction and inspiration.”\ \ \ \ \ Vanity Fair“Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists.”\ \ \ \ \ New York Post“The brilliance is in the brevity.”\ \ \ \ \ St. Louis Post-Dispatch“American haiku.”\ \ \ \ \ Philadelphia Magazine“A good number conjure up both a story line and a worldview. Six-word review: Buy it, keep it in bathroom.”\ \ \ \ \ VSL.com“Six words. Personal stories. Infinite possibilities. These ADD autobiographies prove that brevity can be the soul not simply of wit.”\ \ \ \ \ ReadyMade Magazine“The petite self-portraits encompass love and love, joy and sorrow-everything you’d expect from a longer book.”\ \
