The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After Free Audiobook Download by Julie Yip-Williams
"Joshua and Emily are wonderful, giving voice to what I've been feeling and thinking since my mom died." A memoir of life, death, and everything that comes after.
The Unwinding of the Miracle tells a story about how life can be easily change and transformed by an unexpected event. Julie Yip-Williams was an Ivy League college student with a long list of achievements and accolades who fell in love with one of her professors, Joshua Williams. She became pregnant unexpectedly, had a miscarriage, and then eventually died giving birth to their daughter in 2014. The book is written as a memoir that chronicles the events that led up to her death as well as the months following it while they are struggling with trying to find meaning in this tragedy.
A memoir of life, death, and everything that comes after by Julie Yip-Williams. Narrated by Joshua Williams (in Spanish) and Emily Woo Zeller.
"The Unwinding of the Miracle" is a historical novel that weaves together three separate stories: Julie Yip-Williams' memoir, her parents' story, and the mystery surrounding her grandmother's death. Julie was born in 1986 and in 2010 she received a call that changed her life forever. A pioneer of the field of medical robotics, Dr. Paul Yip-Williams died after an operation gone wrong. He was being operated on for a brain tumor when he experienced a sudden heart attack, causing him to bleed out from his abdomen before his own operating room could help him.
"If death is not a thing," my father says, "then what's the point of living? If this life is just one long farce, then why would I want to continue on? What for?"
The Unwinding of the Miracle tells a story of the author's life, from her childhood in Singapore to her mother's diagnosis with cancer and death. Her memoir is a story about life and death and everything that comes after. It's about becoming a mother herself, facing cancer as both industry and patient, learning to love oneself despite one's flaws.
Published Date | 2019-02-05 |
Duration | 11 hours 15 minutes |
Author | Julie Yip-Williams |
Narrated | Joshua Williams, Emily Woo Zeller |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Health & Wellness |
Parent Category | Death & Bereavement, History & Culture, Memoir |