{"product_id":"not-quite-what-i-was-planning-six-word-memoirs-by-writers-famous-and-obscure-paperback","title":"Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Fershleiser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, \u003cem\u003eNot Quite What I Was Planning\u003c\/em\u003e is a thousand glimpses of humanity--six words at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Life. Six Words. What's Yours?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003cem\u003eSMITH\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915218383164,"sku":"9780061374050","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/bk9USmh4WENacG5CNXF2NjhhZzd5UT09.webp?v=1774360943","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/not-quite-what-i-was-planning-six-word-memoirs-by-writers-famous-and-obscure-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}