It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Smith, Larry
- Used
The "New York Times" bestseller "Not Quite What I Was Planning" made six-word memoirs an international phenomenon. This much-anticipated sequel contains a thousand (more) glimpses of humanity from writers famous and obscure--six words at a time.
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- Title It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure
- Author Smith, Larry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2010-01-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 531ZZZ00GSV8_ns
- ISBN 9780061719431 / 0061719439
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.12 x 6.84 x 0.73 in (18.08 x 17.37 x 1.85 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, Autobiographies
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010279015
- Dewey Decimal Code B
From the rear cover
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 globalphenomenon, 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
