02450cam a2200337 i 4500 1164655049 TxAuBib 20180316120000.0 170801t20182017||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017028597 9780525520221 hardcover 0525520228 hardcover (OCoLC)999400815 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO GK8 JUH IUK IMT OCL JQM TxAuBib rda O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-, author. I am, I am, I am : seventeen brushes with death / Maggie O'Farrell. First American & Canadian edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. ©2017. 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Tinder Press, ...in 2017."--Title page verso. Neck (1990) -- Lungs (1988) -- Spine, legs, pelvis, abdomen, head (1977) -- Whole body (1993) -- Neck (2002) -- Abdomen (2003) -- Baby and bloodstream (2005) -- Lungs (2000) -- Circulatory system (1991) -- Head (1975) -- Cranium (1998) -- Intestines (1994) -- Bloodstream (1997) -- Cause unknown (2003) -- Lungs (2010) -- Cerebellum (1980) -- Daughter (the present day). Maggie O'Farrell's astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The 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--for whom this book was written--from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers. Seventeen discrete encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal a whole life in a series of tense, visceral snapshots. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and restrained emotion, O'Farrell captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty, and mysteries of life itself. 20180316. O'Farrell, Maggie 1972- Novelists, Irish 20th century Biography. TXKIP