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Books : Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780061713712
ISBN: 0061713716
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: November 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Studio: Harper
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time.
When Ernest 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-size pieces.
The original edition of Not Quite What I Was Planning spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and thanks to massive media attention—from NPR to the The New Yorker—the six-word memoir concept spread to classrooms, dinner tables, churches, synagogues, and tens of thousands of blogs. This deluxe edition has been revised and expanded to include more than sixty never-before-seen memoirs.
From authors Elizabeth Gilbert, Richard Ford, and Joyce Carol Oates to celebrities Stephen Colbert, Mario Batali, and Joan Rivers to ordinary folks around the world, everyone has a six-word story to tell.
Rating:
- Fun Little Book
Some of the six-word memoirs are laugh-outloud hilarious, while others are loaded with so much regret that they'll bring tears to your eyes. The most amazing thing about the book is that the amateur writers' words often ring truer than the published writers included.
Rating:
- A great one-hour read
This book is a bit like cotton candy: You get the feeling that there may be a lot there, but in the end, there's a good taste in your mouth, but not much more.
It's a great one-hour read. Many of the six-word "memoirs" are very clever, and some are touching. However, like some other reviewers, I bought the book on the strength of a radio interview with the editor. I learned that he read a large fraction of the best ones on air; there wasn't much more in the book.
Be ... Read More
Rating: - Great, although not quite what I expected
I read the book in preparation for the Jewish new year, a time when Jewish people look back at our lives and reflect. How would I look back on my year, given 6 words?
-Rabbi Jamie Korngold is the author of God in the WildernessGod in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi
Rating: - Wonderful stories told in six words
I loved this book, and read it so fast and with such joy I could not wait to start reading it again.
This is the kind of book that makes a wonderful gift. If you are undecided on what to give someone, this book might be a safe bet. It's a great read for an airplane ride, or even while lounging by the pool somewhere.
And then keep it, don't give your copy away, as it s a timeless book and it will cheer you up or make you think over and over again every time you pick it ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful party idea
I heard this author give an interview on a radio program and was intriuged. A few weeks later I was attending a b-day party for a friend and thought this would be a wonderful gift/party game. There was something for everyone...lots of humor, seriousness, and depth. Everyone had their own favorites. All the partygoers had a blast and the b-day girl loved the gift. It made everyone feel included in her special day and we all learned a little something about the others!
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Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
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Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780061713712
ISBN: 0061713716
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: November 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Studio: Harper
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time.
When Ernest 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-size pieces.
The original edition of Not Quite What I Was Planning spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and thanks to massive media attention—from NPR to the The New Yorker—the six-word memoir concept spread to classrooms, dinner tables, churches, synagogues, and tens of thousands of blogs. This deluxe edition has been revised and expanded to include more than sixty never-before-seen memoirs.
From authors Elizabeth Gilbert, Richard Ford, and Joyce Carol Oates to celebrities Stephen Colbert, Mario Batali, and Joan Rivers to ordinary folks around the world, everyone has a six-word story to tell.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Fun Little BookSome of the six-word memoirs are laugh-outloud hilarious, while others are loaded with so much regret that they'll bring tears to your eyes. The most amazing thing about the book is that the amateur writers' words often ring truer than the published writers included.
Rating:
- A great one-hour readThis book is a bit like cotton candy: You get the feeling that there may be a lot there, but in the end, there's a good taste in your mouth, but not much more.
It's a great one-hour read. Many of the six-word "memoirs" are very clever, and some are touching. However, like some other reviewers, I bought the book on the strength of a radio interview with the editor. I learned that he read a large fraction of the best ones on air; there wasn't much more in the book.
Be ... Read More
Rating:
- Great, although not quite what I expectedI read the book in preparation for the Jewish new year, a time when Jewish people look back at our lives and reflect. How would I look back on my year, given 6 words?
-Rabbi Jamie Korngold is the author of God in the WildernessGod in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi
Rating:
- Wonderful stories told in six wordsI loved this book, and read it so fast and with such joy I could not wait to start reading it again.
This is the kind of book that makes a wonderful gift. If you are undecided on what to give someone, this book might be a safe bet. It's a great read for an airplane ride, or even while lounging by the pool somewhere.
And then keep it, don't give your copy away, as it s a timeless book and it will cheer you up or make you think over and over again every time you pick it ... Read More
Rating:
- Wonderful party ideaI heard this author give an interview on a radio program and was intriuged. A few weeks later I was attending a b-day party for a friend and thought this would be a wonderful gift/party game. There was something for everyone...lots of humor, seriousness, and depth. Everyone had their own favorites. All the partygoers had a blast and the b-day girl loved the gift. It made everyone feel included in her special day and we all learned a little something about the others!
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
