{"product_id":"not-quite-what-i-was-planning-six-word-memoirs-by-writers-famous-and-obscure-9780061374050","title":"Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, \u003cem\u003eNot Quite What I Was Planning\u003c\/em\u003e is a thousand glimpses of humanity--six words at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Life. Six Words. What's Yours?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003cem\u003eSMITH\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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-sized pieces. From authors Jonathan Lethem and Richard Ford to comedians Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris, to ordinary folks around the world, everyone has a six-word story to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Larry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLARRY SMITH\u003c\/strong\u003e is an adjunct associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo and a recipient of the University of Waterloo's Distinguished Teacher Award. During his longstanding tenure, Smith has taught and counselled more than 23,000 students on the subject of their careers, representing more than 10 percent of UW's alumni. Smith has worked with more than 500 teams of student entrepreneurs, advising them as they have created companies of significant size and success across industries as broad-reaching as communications, software, robotics, entertainment, design and real estate. Smith is also president of Essential Economics Corporation, an economic consulting practice that serves a wide range of public and private clients. \"Why You Will Fail to have a Great Career,\" his TEDx Talk based on his experience counselling students, has been viewed by over six million people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFershleiser, Rachel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRachel Fershleiser is SMITH's memoir editor and has written for the \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Press\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrint\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e. Rachel lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565319098642,"sku":"9780061374050","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19618345-e943-4a4d-9e28-b79e652e6a10.jpg?v=1731884660","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/not-quite-what-i-was-planning-six-word-memoirs-by-writers-famous-and-obscure-9780061374050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}