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

The turning points, revelations, epiphanies, dramatic changes, the opening or closing of a door?in a life, a career, a love?can occur in a single glorious, terrible, unpredictable, serendipitous, crucial, calamitous, chaotic, amazing . . . Moment.The creators of the enormously popular Not Quite What I Was Planning and Six-Word Memoir series now offer stories of the Moment?the one-time chances, unexpected coincidences, and sudden catastrophes that made all the difference in the story of one life.The results are triumphant, outrageous, heartwarming, heartbreaking, embarrassing, illuminating, and inspiring?life-changing moments from contributors Dave Eggers, Diane Ackerman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Bill Ayers, Jennifer Egan, A. J. Jacobs, Judy Collins, and many more.