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After 17 Brushes With Death, A Writer Reflects On Coming 'Back From The Brink'

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After 17 Brushes With Death, A Writer Reflects On Coming 'Back From The Brink'

Maggie O'Farrell recounts the multiple times she cheated death in her memoir, I Am, I Am, I Am. "We're different people afterwards," she says. "These experiences always take up residence inside us."

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After 17 Brushes With Death, A Writer Reflects On Coming 'Back From The Brink'

by Terry Gross

After 17 Brushes With Death, A Writer Reflects On Coming 'Back From The Brink'

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'This Is What Happened' And 'Babylon Berlin' Deliver Thrills And Intrigue Aplenty

by John Powers

'This Is What Happened' And 'Babylon Berlin' Deliver Thrills And Intrigue Aplenty

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