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Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure - Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser
Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
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Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time.One Life. Six Words. What's Yours?When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that an entire story can be told using a half dozen... show more
Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time.One Life. Six Words. What's Yours?When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that an entire story can be told using a half dozen words. When the online storytelling magazine SMITH asked readers to submit six-word memoirs, they proved a whole, real life can be told this way too. The results are fascinating, hilarious, shocking, and moving.From small sagas of bittersweet romance ("Found true love, married someone else") to proud achievements and stinging regrets ("After Harvard, had baby with crackhead"), these terse true tales relate the diversity of human experience in tasty bite-sized pieces. From authors Jonathan Lethem and Richard Ford to comedians Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris, to ordinary folks around the world, everyone has a six-word story to tell.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780061374050 (0061374059)
ASIN: 61374059
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 225
Edition language: English
Series: Six-Word Memoirs
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Randi's Blog
Randi's Blog rated it
Great collection!
viim
viim rated it
Apparently creativity blooms under a word restriction. Like Twitter, some gems, many "meh". Inspires one to make one's own.
Genosha is for lovers
Genosha is for lovers rated it
4.0
This is a great collection of what you can find for free on the internet on sites like FML. It's good on your computer screen and it's good in print, but I suggest you get a pirated copy to save money.
BookHounds
BookHounds rated it
This was an extremely addicting read! There I did it, a review in six words. I also wrote my own six word memoir: Never did date the lead singer.
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it
4.0 Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
Thought concept clever, adored the execution.Some made me cry real tears. Many made whoops of laughter come.To sum up? Whole lotta fun.
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