About the Book

An extraordinary story of survival and recovery by a woman who was attacked by a grizzly bear.
On a sunny fall day in 1983, Patricia Van Tighem and her husband, Trevor, began a hiking trip in the Canadian Rockies with a two-thousand-foot climb through rocks and forest. The next morning, in a landscape dusted by snow, they crossed paths with a grizzly bear-and their lives were forever changed.
That Van Tighem survived at all is a miracle, and her account of the attack is vivid and startling. But her recovery was just as disturbing: Her numerous reconstructive surgeries were painful; her facial
disfigurement isolated her; and the nightmares that haunted her carried their own psychological burden. Yet she was eventually able to accept her unthinkable experiences, and to put her life back together as a survivor, a wife, and a mother.
With honesty and eloquence, "The Bear's Embrace" tells of the unpredictability of life, of bravery, terror, rage and love, of what it means to look and feel different in a culture that values perfection. Uncommonly affecting, often astonishing, "The Bear's Embrace" is an inspiring story of human
perseverance and self-knowledge.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 288 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Pantheon Books

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 0375421319

Publication Date: Unknown

ISBN-13: 9780375421310

Dimensions: 5.52 x 7.76 x 1.26 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.91 lbs

• Categories: Special Needs Biographies & Special Needs Autobiographies