I am, I am, I am : seventeen brushes with death
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
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Book
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First American & Canadian edition.
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Edition
First American & Canadian edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English

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Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Tinder Press, 2017.
Description
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 bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter -- for whom this book was written -- 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 restrained emotion, O'Farrell captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty, and mysteries of life itself.