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The Unwinding of the Miracle

by Julie Yip-Williams

  • Random House Trade
  • 2020
  • ISBN: 978-0525511373
  • 336 pages
  • WorldCat
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About the Book

The Unwinding of the Miracle is the story of a vigorous life refracted through the prism of imminent death. When she was first diagnosed, Julie Yip-Williams sought clarity and guidance through the experience and, finding none, began to write her way through it - a chronicle that grew beyond her imagining. Motherhood, marriage, the immigrant experience, ambition, love, wanderlust, tennis, fortune-tellers, grief, reincarnation, jealousy, comfort, pain, the marvel of the body in full rebellion - this book is as sprawling and majestic as the life it records. It is inspiring and instructive, delightful and shattering. It is a book of indelible moments, seared deep - an incomparable guide to living vividly by facing hard truths consciously. ebook icon Audio book icon

New York Times Bestseller
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About the Author

Julie Yip-Williams died in March 2018 of colon cancer. She was born in Tam-Ky, Vietnam, just as the war was ending, grew up in Monterey Park, California, and graduated from Williams College and Harvard Law School. At her death, she was forty-two and living in Brooklyn with her husband, Josh, and their daughters, Mia and Isabelle.

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