Six-Word Memoirs On Love and Heartbreak: By Writers Famous and Obscure
As a romantic follow-up to Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs from Writers Famous & Obscure, Smith released Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak in early 2009.
Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak contains hundreds of personal stories about the pinnacles and pitfalls of romance.
The editors of Smith asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs; they wanted wordsmiths, old and new, to capture the essence of romance in half a dozen words.
Press for this second book included a second appearance on Talk of the Nation. The book also spent some time on Entertainment Weekly's Must List.
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