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It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous Obscure

Six-Word Memoirs series

"A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared. Be warned, though. If you plan to lend out your copy, start out with two. Once it leaves your hands you'll never see it again."

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—Denver Post(on Not Quite What I Was Planning)

The editors of the New York Timesbestseller Not Quite What I Was Planningare back with its much-anticipated sequel, It All Changed in an Instant. With contributions from acclaimed authors like Malcolm Gladwell, Frank McCourt, Wally Lamb, Isabel Allende, Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, and James Frey, and celebrities like Sarah Silverman, Suze Orman, Marlee Matlin, Neil Patrick Harris, Ann Coulter, and Chelsea Handler, It All Changed in an Instantpresents a thousand more glimpses of humanity. . . six words at a time. In the vein of the popular Post Secretbooks, It All Changed in an Instant, in the words of Vanity Fair, "will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists."

Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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