{"product_id":"i-am-i-am-i-am-seventeen-brushes-with-death-9781472240767","title":"I Am I Am I Am Seventeen Brushes With Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS FEATURED ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB AND THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB, A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER, RED \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTHE TELEGRAPH.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2018*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman''s life in near-death experiences. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enewly conscious of life''s fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA childhood illness she was not expected to survive.  A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. A terrifying encounter on a remote path.  A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. Shocking, electric, unforgettable, this is the extraordinary memoir from Costa Novel-Award winner and \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you want evidence that life can be just as dramatic as fiction, you couldn't wish for better than Maggie O'Farrell's \u003cb\u003estunning\u003c\/b\u003e memoir -- Louise Doughty * Guardian Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eMaggie O'Farrell is a highly accomplished author with seven novels to her name but she achieves something altogether more powerful and direct in this \u003cb\u003eastonishing\u003c\/b\u003e memoir... Each chapter is an accomplished piece of memoir writing in its own right.  The cumulative effect is extraordinary and \u003cb\u003eI felt my understanding of what it means to be a human and a mother grew\u003c\/b\u003e.  Where other writers may be playing with paper, \u003cb\u003eO'Farrell takes up a bow and arrow and aims right at the human heart\u003c\/b\u003e -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive\u003c\/b\u003e. A heart-stopping, addictive read -- Tracy Chevalier\u003cbr\u003eI adored every minute. \u003cb\u003eA triumph\u003c\/b\u003e -- Joanna Cannon\u003cbr\u003eExtraordinary.  A \u003cb\u003ebeautiful \u003c\/b\u003etestament to courage and grace under fire without an ounce of self-pity -- Kate Mosse\u003cbr\u003eIt is absolutely, in every possible sense of the word, \u003cb\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e. It shines with wit and candour and insight. It is \u003cb\u003espectacularly moving\u003c\/b\u003e, funny, impeccably controlled, artful and sincere. It's \u003cb\u003ea gift\u003c\/b\u003e -- Max Porter\u003cbr\u003eBy turns chilling, terrifying, deeply moving, funny, recognisable, wild, simple, complicated. \u003cb\u003eA rich celebration\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rachel Joyce\u003cbr\u003eQuite simply astonishing... \u003cb\u003ereminds the reader of the fierce joy of being alive\u003c\/b\u003e.  To my mind, I AM, I AM, I AM is Maggie \u003cb\u003eO'Farrell's greatest work to date\u003c\/b\u003e * Louise O'Neill *\u003cbr\u003eThe final chapter is one of the boldest and \u003cb\u003emost terrifying things I have read this year\u003c\/b\u003e * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eShe is a \u003cb\u003ebreathtakingly good\u003c\/b\u003e writer, and brings all her elegance and poise as a novelist to the story of her own life * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eLeaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful and fully alive. Maggie O'Farrell is \u003cb\u003ea miracle in every sense\u003c\/b\u003e. I will never forget this book -- Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e[An] \u003cb\u003eextraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e memoir... uncomfortable and compelling... fluent, poised, packed with colourful details * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA mystical howl, a thrumming, piercing reminder of how very closely we all exist alongside what could have happened, but didn't * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eIt's a prayer for perspective that reminds readers to see every dodged bullet as the gift of new life and a reminder not to sweat the small stuff * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA profoundly affecting, powerful and life-affirming book.  If you only read one memoir this year, make it O'Farrell's * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eO'Farrell has a compelling and arresting writing style that fills in a scene quickly and engagingly, to great dramatic and narrative effect * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eExceptionally accomplished and emotionally sophisticated * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most life affirming reads of the summer * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003eI can count on one hand the books that made me cry, and still have two fingers spare. \u003ci\u003eI Am, I Am, I Am\u003c\/i\u003e is one of them * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eO'Farrell's emotional acuity makes it a powerful account of a determined and thoughtful life. Her fiction is always a masterclass in empathy and the same is true of I Am, I Am, I Am which lingers even longer in the memory for being drawn from real life. * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable and life-affirming autobiography * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003eI have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive. Beautifully observed, exquisitely written, Maggie's memoir is a heart-stopping, addictive read. She has raised the bar on memoir to a height few others will reach -- Tracy Chevalier\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful, strangely reassuring read * The i *\u003cbr\u003eI AM, I AM, I AM is a gripping and glorious investigation of death that leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful, and fully alive.  Maggie O'Farrell is a miracle in every sense.  I will never forget this book -- Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable book * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eIt's a memoir replete with courage, heartbreak and optimism: the most life-affirming book of the year * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eA mesmerising read * The Sunday Times *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867204759895,"sku":"9781472240767","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/i-am-i-am-i-am-seventeen-brushes-with-death-9781472240767","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}