The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

As a young mother facing a terminal diagnosis, Julie Yip-Williams began to write her story, a story like no other. What began as the chronicle of an imminent and early death became something much moreâ€”a powerful exhortation to the living.

â€œEverything worth understanding and holding on to is in this book.â€â€”Kelly Corrigan,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling author ofÂ The Middle PlaceÂ andÂ Tell Me More

That Julie Yip-Williams survived infancy was a miracle. Born blind in Vietnam, she narrowly escaped euthanasia at the hands of her grandmother, only to flee with her family the political upheaval of her country in the late 1970s. Loaded into a rickety boat with three hundred other refugees, Julie made it to Hong Kong and, ultimately, America, where a surgeon at UCLA gave her partial sight. She would go on to become a Harvard-educated lawyer, with a husband, a family, and a life she had once assumed would be impossible. Then, at age thirty-seven, with two little girls at home, Julie was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, and a different journey began.

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 itâ€”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 rebellionâ€”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 deepâ€”an incomparable guide to living vividly by facing hard truths consciously.

With humor, bracing honesty, and the cleansing power of well-deployed anger, Julie Yip-Williams set the stage for her lasting legacy and one final miracle: the story of her life.

Advance praise for The Unwinding of the Miracle

â€œA beautifully written, moving, and compassionate chronicle that deserves to be read and absorbed widely.â€â€”Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author ofÂ The Emperor of All Maladies

â€œJulie Yip-Williams lived a life defined by effort and incredible self-reliance. But in this searing memoir of increasing vulnerability, she dismantles and then reconstructs what it means to be triumphant.â€â€”Lucy Kalanithi
Country USA
Brand Random House
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
Color White
ReleaseDate 2019-02-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780525511359

Country	USA
Brand	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2019-02-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780525511359

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

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