Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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"The pithiest of life stories." (O magazine )

"Compulsive reading...as insightful as any 300+ page biography." (Publishers Weekly )

"Perfect for the American attention span...Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists." (Vanity Fair )

"You could spend a lifetime brainstorming." (The New Yorker )

"The brilliance is in the brevity." (New York Post )

"A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared." (Denver Post )

"The exercise in brevity certainly inspires." (San Francisco Chronicle )

"Irresistibly clever." (Chicago Tribune )

"Six-word review: Buy it, keep it in bathroom." (Philadelphia Magazine )

Product Description

Love wounds the heart and soul . . .

From the editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes another collection of terse true tales—this time simple sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak contains hundreds of personal stories about the pinnacles and pitfalls of romance. Brilliant in their brevity, these insightful slivers of passion, pain, and connection capture every shade of love and loss—six words at a time.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061714623
• ISBN-13: 978-0061714627
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,180 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, February 9, 2009

By	Viola Paluzzi (Daytona Beach FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very entertaining and thought provoking book. Perfect for when you do not have alot of time to devote to reading, but still want to read something stimulating. I read it while recuperating. It was great because I did not have the energy to concentrate for long periods.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for six words per story, February 26, 2009

By	Sacramento Book Review "SacramentoBookReview.com" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

SMITH Magazine used Ernest Hemingway's famous six-word story ("For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.") as a rallying cry for people to submit six-word memoirs of their lives and, from those, came the NYT bestseller /Not Quite What I Was Expecting/. Now they've collected stories of love and heartbreak, told six words at a time. From the modern "If I get Chlamydia, blame MySpace," the painful "Inevitably, his obituary didn't mention me," and the romantic "At twelve found soul mate, still together," these brief flashes of other people's relationships, good or bad, may raise more questions than answers. But, as with Hemingway's, that's the point. More than 200 quick, quotable stories. The kind you read out loud to your spouse while lying in bed or leave lying about the house for guests to browse.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great additions to original collection, January 26, 2009

By	Obscure Six Word Author (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews

The new memoirs in the Love and Heartbreak edition are very entertaining. For the most part they are witty or emotional, but not super cheesy, as you might expect from a love-themed book.