{"product_id":"i-am-i-am-i-am-seventeen-brushes-with-death-maggie-ofarrell-paperback","title":"I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death -- Maggie O'Farrell, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn seventeen occasions, award-winning novelist Maggie O'Farrell has stared death in the face--and lived to tell the tale. In this astonishing memoir, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHamnet \u003c\/i\u003eshares the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, O'Farrell stiches together these discrete encounters to tell the story of her entire life. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and restrained emotion, she captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty, and mysteries of life itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Maggie O'Farrell's new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Portrait, \u003c\/i\u003e coming in September!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525436058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Northern Ireland in 1972, MAGGIE O'FARRELL grew up in Wales and Scotland and now lives in London. She has worked as a waitress, chambermaid, bike messenger, teacher, and arts administrator, as a journalist in Hong Kong and London, and as the deputy literary editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eAfter You'd Gone\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), won a Betty Trask Award and was followed by \u003ci\u003eMy Lover's Lover\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); \u003ci\u003eThe Hand That First Held Mine\u003c\/i\u003e (2010); Costa Book Award winner \u003ci\u003eInstructions for a Heatwave\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThis Must Be the Place\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). www.maggieofarrell.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie O'Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762137882852,"sku":"9780525436058","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780525436058.jpg?v=1777490902","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/i-am-i-am-i-am-seventeen-brushes-with-death-maggie-ofarrell-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}