Maggie O'Farrell I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death : The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT With an introduction by Ann PatchettAS 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 2018OFarrell takes up a bow and arrow and aims right at the human heart The TimesI Am, I Am, I Am is novelist Maggie OFarrells unputdownable story of a life told in neardeath 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 lifes fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count. Leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful and fully alive Ann PatchettA rare talent to enthral... It will leave you bereft and wanting more Sunday TimesIt is absolutely, in every possible sense of the word, brilliant Max PorterI have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive Tracy Chevalier | Maggie O'Farrell I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death : The Sunday Times