I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure
One life. Six words. What's yours? True tales of love, loss, good friends, and bad hair days filled Not Quite What I Was Planning, the New York Times bestselling first book in the Six-Word Memoir series—and an international phenomenon. Some of the most compelling were by teens, so now SMITH...
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One life. Six words. What's yours? True tales of love, loss, good friends, and bad hair days filled Not Quite What I Was Planning, the New York Times bestselling first book in the Six-Word Memoir series—and an international phenomenon. Some of the most compelling were by teens, so now SMITH Magazine has compiled a book written entirely by these bold, brash truth-tellers. From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to breaking laws, the memoirs in this collection reveal that often the youngest writers have the most fascinating stories to tell.Met online; love before first sight.Hair's pink to piss you off.I fulfilled my awkwardness quota today.I'm seventeen, engaged, and not pregnant.My mom had my boyfriend deported.Late for school every single day.According to Facebook, we broke up.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061726842 (0061726842)
ASIN: 61726842
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 182
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Language,
Anthologies,
Adult,
Biography Memoir,
Poetry,
Short Stories
Series: Six-Word Memoirs
As expected from a book compiling 6-word memoirs from teens, many of the results were intensely emotional, melodramatic and self-important, with the occasional humour. It was a quick read with few gems, and not all that interesting to me.
This was a lovely little capsule of teen reality. There are six word memoirs in here that made my eyes fill with tears as well as those that made me snort with laughter. It's amazing what a person can pack into six words. I think that this should be in every middle and high school library.
A collection of six-word memoirs written by teenagers. It took about 40 minutes to read the whole thing, and it was a lot of fun.
I can't believe how hooked I am on these short books. My six word review: Read, Relate, Reduce, Wish for more.
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