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The Resource I am, I am, I am : seventeen brushes with death, Maggie O'Farrell

I am, I am, I am : seventeen brushes with death, Maggie O'Farrell

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An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's bestselling novelists, for fans of Wild, When Breath Becomes Air, and The Year of Magical Thinking. We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death. I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O'Farrell's astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The childhood illness that left her in the hospital for nearly a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a serial killer on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers. Seventeen discrete encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal a whole life in a series of tense, visceral snapshots. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and a restrained emotion, O'Farrell captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty and mysteries of life itself
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
288 pages
Isbn
9780735274112
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I am, I am, I am : seventeen brushes with death
Title
I am, I am, I am
Title remainder
seventeen brushes with death
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Maggie O'Farrell
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's bestselling novelists, for fans of Wild, When Breath Becomes Air, and The Year of Magical Thinking. We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death. I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O'Farrell's astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The childhood illness that left her in the hospital for nearly a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a serial killer on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers. Seventeen discrete encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal a whole life in a series of tense, visceral snapshots. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and a restrained emotion, O'Farrell captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty and mysteries of life itself
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
CaOONL
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1972-
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O'Farrell, Maggie
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • O'Farrell, Maggie
  • Novelists, Irish
  • Near-death experiences
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I am, I am, I am : seventeen brushes with death, Maggie O'Farrell
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000045260220
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
288 pages
Isbn
9780735274112
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illustrations
Label
I am, I am, I am : seventeen brushes with death, Maggie O'Farrell
Publication
Control code
000045260220
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
288 pages
Isbn
9780735274112
Other physical details
illustrations

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