{"product_id":"2940169210439","title":"I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary memoiramp;mdash;told entirely in near-death experiencesamp;mdash;from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am, I Am, I Am\u003c\/i\u003e is 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 daughteramp;mdash;for whom this book was writtenamp;mdash;from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116460687600,"sku":"2940169210439","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169210439_p0.jpg?v=1769894283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169210439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}