Six-Word Memoirs
Cheating Death
HELEN GREGGANS, 80, San Bruno, California, retired legal secretary
Teenager. Lake.
Water moccasin. Swam faster.
MARGIE HORTON, 67, Cedar Hill, Texas
Retired buyer for municipal government
Kidney from son.
A life returned.
JOHN GRELLER, 64, Orange City, Iowa
Retired college administrator
Lightning. Heart attacks. Stroke.
What’s next?
DENNIS BOYLE, 65, Edgewater, Florida
Vehicle inspector
Coin swallowed. Mom frozen.
Grandma whacks.
LINDA CHOCK, 58, Honolulu, Hawaii
Public health manager
Heart hurts!
Hunky paramedics help.
Hurray!
SUSAN AMERIKANER, 61, Camarillo, California
Freelance writer
Born with cancer. Dancing at 62.
ROBIN RIGHT, Harvard, Massachusetts
Country music entertainer
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Larry Smith, who selected these memoirs, is the
founder of the Six-Word Memoir project and coeditor,
with Rachel Fershleiser, of a new book, It All Changed
in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers
Famous & Obscure.
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