I Am, I Am, I Am	

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I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell: 4. Lungs

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4. Lungs

I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell

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O'Farrell and her son get into difficulties while swimming off the coast of East Africa.

A swim off the East African coast. The life of Maggie O’Farrell told through near-death experiences. Read by Hattie Morahan.

Hattie Morahan reads Maggie O'Farrell's startling memoir, in which the bestselling author recounts her life through a series of near-death experiences. 

The book started out as a private project, a way for O'Farrell to help her young daughter who suffers from a serious immunology disorder, including severe eczema and allergies that can cause anaphylactic shock: "I've asked myself, when she has been very ill, how do you carry on when death is a daily possibility?"

In this episode, O'Farrell and her young son come close to drowning while swimming off the coast of East Africa.


Reader: Hattie Morahan

Writer: Maggie O'Farrell

Abridger: Kirsteen Cameron

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.

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