(The first chapter is called Neck: 1990.)
She encounters murderers, battles childhood encephalitis, and contracts amoebic dysentery while in China.
What emerges is a uniquely complete portrait of a life fully lived.
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The subtitle mentions death, but for me the book is really about life, OFarrell explains.
Were much more layered and nuanced personalities than that.
Its what I look for in any story.
Knopf
But this is OFarrells life story tales of personal discomfort and unimaginable trauma that she never thought shed tell.
It did for OFarrell, anyway.
I decided to take this one theme and use that as a snapshot, she says.
To look at a life from start to finish well, hopefully not finished just yet.
