Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781472240767. Publisher: Tinder Press. Age Range: Adult. Overview:. A breathtaking memoir from Costa Novel Award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell, "I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death" recounts seventeen occasions on which she came close to dying. Told through parts of the body rather than strict chronology, it is an unforgettable meditation on mortality, motherhood and the fragility of everyday existence. Perfect for readers of literary memoir who want a gripping, genuinely moving true story.. About the Book:. This is not a conventional autobiography but a mosaic of seventeen essays, each built around a moment when Maggie O'Farrell's life could easily have ended. From a childhood bout of encephalitis doctors did not expect her to survive, through a terrifying encounter with a stranger on a remote path, to a dangerously mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital, O'Farrell writes with the precision and emotional intelligence that has made her novels so acclaimed. Each chapter stands almost as a self-contained short story, yet together they build into a cumulative, deeply human portrait of a woman shaped by…

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