{"id":1233,"date":"2019-07-24T18:44:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2019-07-24T18:44:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:44:44","slug":"maddie-hasson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/2019\/07\/24\/maddie-hasson\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddie Hasson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I Am, I Am, I Am<\/em> is a memoir written by Maggie O\u2019Farrell that chronicles seventeen near death experiences in her life. Each chapter tells a story of a different life-altering experience, from a childhood illness, to near drowning after a midnight jump into the ocean, to a hospital procedure gone awry. The book culminates with the story of her daughter, who suffers from a life-threatening illness.<\/p>\n<p>Often, while reading this book I would forget that it was a true story, rather than a work of fiction. Each event, both its occurrence and O\u2019Farrell\u2019s survival, seems more unlikely than the last. In whole, the book portrays Maggie O\u2019Farrell as a miracle, time and time again narrowly escaping perilous situations. Through her writing, it becomes clear the way each event alters her mindset and perspective on life.<\/p>\n<p>This book is memorable not only for the stories it tells, but for the way in which they are told. O\u2019Farrell writes in a way that portrays hope, rather than terror. Her experiences force reflection of our own lives, recognizing the defining moments that were inches away from tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Am, I Am, I Am is a memoir written by Maggie O\u2019Farrell that chronicles seventeen near death experiences in her life. Each chapter tells a story of a different life-altering experience, from a childhood illness, to near drowning after a midnight jump into the ocean, to a hospital procedure gone awry. The book culminates &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/2019\/07\/24\/maddie-hasson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Maddie Hasson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-readers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcl.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-reads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}