I Am, I Am, I Am

I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O'Farrell's electric and shocking memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated her life.

A 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.

This is a memoir with a difference: seventeen encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal to us a whole life in a series of tense, visceral snapshots. It is a book that will make you question yourself: what would you do if your life was in danger? How would you react? And what would you stand to lose? I Am, I Am, I Am is a book you will finish newly conscious of your own vulnerability, and determined to make every heartbeat count.

It will appeal to readers of Cheryl Strayed's Wild or Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking.

Endorsements

Sunday Times bestseller — Maggie O'Farrell

Costa Novel Award winner — Maggie O'Farrell