Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: By Writers Famous and Obscure
Love wounds the heart and soul . . .\ From the editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes another collection of terse true tales—this time simple sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak contains hundreds of personal stories about the pinnacles and pitfalls of romance. Brilliant in their brevity, these insightful slivers of passion, pain, and connection capture every shade of love and loss—six words at a...
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Love wounds the heart and soul . . . From the editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes another collection of terse true tales—this time simple sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak contains hundreds of personal stories about the pinnacles and pitfalls of romance. Brilliant in their brevity, these insightful slivers of passion, pain, and connection capture every shade of love and loss—six words at a time. New York Post “The brilliance is in the brevity.”
\ From Barnes & NobleIn 2008, the editors of Smith Magazine asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs. The resulting book, Not Quite What I Was Planning, became a New York Times bestseller. Now the inquisitive editors are back, armed with a new question. They wanted wordsmiths, old and new, to capture the essence of romance in half a dozen words. This is the result. If you can peruse this book with another person in the room without reading aloud from it, you probably have a deeply seated problem.\ \ \ \ \ Chicago Tribune"Irresistibly clever."\ \ \ The New Yorker"You could spend a lifetime brainstorming."\ \ \ \ \ San Francisco Chronicle"The exercise in brevity certainly inspires."\ \ \ \ \ Denver Post"A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared."\ \ \ \ \ Vanity Fair"Perfect for the American attention span...Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists."\ \ \ \ \ New York Post"The brilliance is in the brevity."\ \ \ \ \ O Magazine"The pithiest of life stories."\ \ \ \ \ Philadelphia Magazine"Six-word review: Buy it, keep it in bathroom."\ \ \ \ \ Chicago Tribune“Irresistibly clever.”\ \ \ \ \ The New Yorker“You could spend a lifetime brainstorming.”\ \ \ \ \ San Francisco Chronicle“The exercise in brevity certainly inspires.”\ \ \ \ \ Denver Post“A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared.”\ \ \ \ \ Vanity Fair“Perfect for the American attention span...Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists.”\ \ \ \ \ New York Post“The brilliance is in the brevity.”\ \ \ \ \ Philadelphia Magazine“Six-word review: Buy it, keep it in bathroom.”\ \ \ \ \ O magazine“The pithiest of life stories.”\ \
