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

The New York Times bestseller “Not Quite What I Was Planning” made six-word memoirs an international phenomenon, as people around the world shared terse true tales of romance, parenthood, friendship, ambition, failure, haircuts, and french fries. Thanks to massive media attention — from NPR, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair to the CBS Early Show, Entertainment Weekly, and USA Today — the six-word memoir concept spread to classrooms, dinner tables, churches, synagogues, and tens of thousands of blogs.

Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, IT ALL CHANGED IN AN INSTANT contains a thousand more six-word sagas. From acclaimed authors Wally Lamb, Isabel Allende, and James Frey and celebrities Ann Coulter, Tommy Chong, and Chelsea Handler to in-house contributors Michael Morrison and Carrie Kania and ordinary folks around the world, everyone has a six-word story to tell.