If you want evidence that life can be just as dramatic as fiction, you couldn't wish for better than Maggie O'Farrell's <b>stunning</b> memoir -- Louise Doughty * Guardian Books of the Year *<br />Maggie O'Farrell is a highly accomplished author with seven novels to her name but she achieves something altogether more powerful and direct in this <b>astonishing</b> memoir... Each chapter is an accomplished piece of memoir writing in its own right. The cumulative effect is extraordinary and <b>I felt my understanding of what it means to be a human and a mother grew</b>. Where other writers may be playing with paper, <b>O'Farrell takes up a bow and arrow and aims right at the human heart</b> -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times *<br /><b>I have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive</b>. A heart-stopping, addictive read -- Tracy Chevalier<br />I adored every minute. <b>A triumph</b> -- Joanna Cannon<br />Extraordinary. A <b>beautiful </b>testament to courage and grace under fire without an ounce of self-pity -- Kate Mosse<br />It is absolutely, in every possible sense of the word, <b>brilliant</b>. It shines with wit and candour and insight. It is <b>spectacularly moving</b>, funny, impeccably controlled, artful and sincere. It's <b>a gift</b> -- Max Porter<br />By turns chilling, terrifying, deeply moving, funny, recognisable, wild, simple, complicated. <b>A rich celebration</b> -- Rachel Joyce<br />Quite simply astonishing... <b>reminds the reader of the fierce joy of being alive</b>. To my mind, I AM, I AM, I AM is Maggie <b>O'Farrell's greatest work to date</b> * Louise O'Neill *<br />The final chapter is one of the boldest and <b>most terrifying things I have read this year</b> * Scotsman *<br />She is a <b>breathtakingly good</b> writer, and brings all her elegance and poise as a novelist to the story of her own life * Guardian *<br />Leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful and fully alive. Maggie O'Farrell is <b>a miracle in every sense</b>. I will never forget this book -- Ann Patchett<br />[An] <b>extraordinary</b> memoir... uncomfortable and compelling... fluent, poised, packed with colourful details * Observer *<br />A 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 *<br />It'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 *<br />A profoundly affecting, powerful and life-affirming book. If you only read one memoir this year, make it O'Farrell's * Sunday Express *<br />O'Farrell has a compelling and arresting writing style that fills in a scene quickly and engagingly, to great dramatic and narrative effect * New Statesman *<br />Exceptionally accomplished and emotionally sophisticated * Scotsman *<br />One of the most life affirming reads of the summer * Irish Independent *<br />I can count on one hand the books that made me cry, and still have two fingers spare. <i>I Am, I Am, I Am</i> is one of them * Irish Times *<br />O'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 *<br />A remarkable and life-affirming autobiography * Good Housekeeping *<br />I 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<br />A beautiful, strangely reassuring read * The i *<br />I 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<br />A remarkable book * Scotsman *<br />It's a memoir replete with courage, heartbreak and optimism: the most life-affirming book of the year * Sunday Express *<br />A mesmerising read * The Sunday Times *<br />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<br />I have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive. A heart-stopping, addictive read * Tracy Chevalier *