The unwinding of the miracle : a memoir of life, death, and everything that comes after
Yip-Williams, Julie, 1976-20182019
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Born blind in Vietnam, Julie Yip-Williams narrowly escaped euthanasia at the hands of her grandmother, only to have to flee the political upheaval of the late 1970s with her family. Loaded into a rickety boat with 300 other refugees, Julie made it to Hong Kong and, ultimately, America, where a surgeon gave her partial sight. Against all odds, she became a Harvard-educated lawyer, with a husband, a family, a life. Then, at the age of 37, with two little girls, Julie was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, and a different journey began. Growing out of a blog Julie kept for the last four years of her life, this is the story of a vigorous life told through the prism of imminent death, of a life lived vividly and cut too short.
Main title:
The unwinding of the miracle : a memoir of life, death, and everything that comes after / Julie Yip-Williams.
Author:
Yip-Williams, Julie, 1976-2018, author
Imprint:
London : Bantam Press, 2019.
Collation:
x, 315 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780593080276 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.1969940092362.1969362.196
LC class:
RC265.6
Local class:
920.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2358657