The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure

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.