I am, I am, I am seventeen brushes with death
We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death. O'Farrell discusses the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. From a childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive, through her ongoing, daily...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2018.
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| Edition: | First American & Canadian edition. |
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| Summary: | We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death. O'Farrell discusses the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. From a childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive, through her ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers. Seventeen encounters at different ages, in different locations, capture the perils-- and illuminates the preciousness, beauty, and mysteries-- of life itself. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Tinder Press, 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780525520221 0525520228 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
