I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death
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3.9
Maggie O'Farrell
The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAITWith an introduction by Ann Patchett*AS FEATURED ON: DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB, THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB**A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH**SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2018*'O'Farrell takes up a bow and arrow and aims right at the human heart' The Times______I Am, I Am, I Am is novelist Maggie O'Farrell's unputdownable story of a life told in near-death experiences. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. An ongoing struggle to protect a child from a condition that leaves her daily vulnerable.Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to devour at a sitting - a story you finish newly conscious of life's fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count.______'Leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful and fully alive' Ann Patchett'A rare talent to enthral... It will leave you bereft and wanting more' Sunday Times'It is absolutely, in every possible sense of the word, brilliant' Max Porter'I have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive' Tracy Chevalier
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Author
Maggie O'Farrell
Pages
288
Publisher
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Published Date
2017-08-22
ISBN
1472240774 9781472240774
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"With any books I review pls pls check trigger warnings it’s worth noting with any memoirs I will rate 5 stars no matter what because I don’t feel comfortable rating someone’s life with a star ratings I appreciate that someone can share something so intimate with us
I thought this memoi was such a fascinating read like you get to see this woman encounter near death experiences 17 times, which is genuinely insane. What I liked is that in these stories, you get to see her in different stages of hei life at all differen stages while realizing . how fragile life is and how maybe if she had taken this one path how differently it could have ended and how one little small decision could have saved your life without you knowing, another eye-opening aspect of this book was her medical history l've never got to read about someone with her medical condition and her experiences with the medical field there are a lot of hard-hitting things in this book being discussed one of that being the discussions of her miscarriages that she Went through, it was very insightful, and something I want to read more about because I think it's important to try and understand how these things affect people to have overall empathy for stuff you cant directly relate to this one was a pretty quick read and so interesting I think anyone could pick this up and be intrigued and grasp on to many things personally "
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