Close calls: Author Maggie O'Farrell on life and death scenarios

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Just how often do we risk our own lives without knowing it? Maggie O’Farrell revisits 17 brushes with death in her memoir "I am, I am, I am" and, in doing so, makes a joyful case for the risky business of living. Discussing reckless moments in her own youth, we touch on the way young girls develop self-preservation strategies as they venture out into the world.
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I have read Maggie O’Farrell’s memoir and it is beautifully written ; couldn’t put it down.

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Just finished Hamnet. So beautifully and unique. I need to go back at read everything else she’s written

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I am reading I Am, I Am, I Am for the third time wondering who I can send it to to help Maggie's fandom grow. I am immensely fond of her writing. I just finished The Marriage Portrait. Riveting

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