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'A fabulously appealing exercise both for writers and for readers.' Telegraph 'Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists.' Vanity Fair 'You could spend a lifetime brainstorming.' New Yorker 'The brilliance is in the brevity.' New York Post 'Makes for compulsive reading and proves arguably as insightful as any 300+ page biography. ! [T]his compelling little book will have readers and their friends hunting for favorites and inventing six-word self-definitions of their own. This review in six words? Read. Enjoy. Pass it on. Repeat.' Publishers Weekly 'The best idea I've recently seen for a book is "Not Quite What I Was Planning", which is a collection of six word memoirs by some celebrity writers and others not so famous.' San Francisco Chronicle 'We are smitten! We're thinking, "Wrote perfect Spin ... delete, delete, delete."' Contra Costa Times "an addictive little treat and a perfect book to dip in and out of at your leisure!If, like me, you can't get enough, then check out www.sixwordmemoirs.com. But be warned, it's extremely addictive!claustrophobic book reviewer needs bigger shelves." Image Magazine
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A thousand glimpses of humanity -- six words at a time. "Not Quite What I Was Planning" takes as its inspiration the story of Ernest Hemingway who, when challenged to write a story in six words, produced 'For sale: baby shoes, never used'. Online magazine SMITH has taken this idea and run with it, encouraging everyone from total amateurs to writers and other celebrities to submit a six-word memoir to their site. The result is a collection of addictively revealing mini-memoirs, with entries that run the gamut from Dave Eggers's tongue-in-cheek 'Fifteen years since last professional haircut', through Joyce Carol Oates's defiant 'Revenge is living well, without you', to one mother's poignant 'My baby's name was Sydney Jane'. Contributors to date include: Michael Parkinson, Anna Massey, Harry Enfield, Tony Parsons, A.L. Kennedy, Hilary Mantel, Aimee Mann, Miranda Seymour, Sebastian Junger, Rosamunde Pilcher, Moby, Michel Faber, Jon Snow, DBC Pierre and Joan Rivers, among others. The range of subject and emotion, and the simplicity which the six-word format demands, make for compelling, entertaining, and genuinely moving reading.
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