Presents brief personal stories about how a single instant, decision, accident, conversation, or message prompted profound changes, including contributions by such individuals as Melissa Etheridge, Justin Halpern, and Jennifer Egan.
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From the creators of Six-Word Memoirs comes The Moment, a collection of personal stories from writers both famous and obscure revealing how a single instant changed their lives forever. An innocuous decision, an unforeseen accident, a chance conversation, a tag sale, a terrorist strike, a tweet . . . sometimes all it takes is a single moment to redirect the course of an entire life. In the tradition of Smith magazine&;s Not Quite What I Was Planning and the sensational Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak&;and in the spirit of StoryCorps, the Moth, and This American Life&;The Moment unveils everyday people&;s inner lives in narratives of all shapes and sizes, with stories from six to 1,000 words, photographs, comics, illustrations, handwritten letters, and more. It&;s enough to change your life forever.
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