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The Bear's Embrace: A Story of Survival

by Patricia Van Tighem

ISBN13: 9780307428158
ISBN10: 030742815x
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On a chilly autumn morning in 1983, during a relaxing escape to the Canadian Rockies, Patricia Van Tighem and her husband were attacked by a grizzly bear. Although they survived, their ordeal was just beginning. For years Van Tighem endured numerous surgeries as doctors attempted to reconstruct her face and ease her pain. The nightmares that haunted her carried their own psychological burden. In many ways she had to redefine her sense of who she was. Yet she was resolved to recover–as a survivor, a wife and a mother.

Van Tighem’s tale is astonishing and beautifully written. Showing a resilience that has overcome even the most traumatic of events, The Bear’s Embrace is a truly inspiring testament to the power of the human spirit.

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Patricia van Tighem’s story has been featured on National Geographic and BBC television. Trained as a nurse, she lives in a small town in the mountains of British Columbia with her husband and four children.

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ISBN:: 9780307428158
Subtitle:: A Story of Survival
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Author:: Patricia Van Tighem
Author:: Van Tighem, Patricia
Author:: Patricia, Van Tighem,
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography : Personal Memoirs
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography : Women
Subject:: Women
Subject:: Grizzly bear
Subject:: Rehabilitation
Subject:: Neuropsychology
Subject:: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Subject:: Traumatic neuroses
Subject:: Bear attacks.
Subject:: Biography-Women
Subject:: main_subject
Subject:: all_subjects
Publication Date:: 20030204
Binding:: ELECTRONIC
Language:: English
Pages:: 288

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Biography » General
Biography » Women
Health and Self-Help » Psychology » Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Science and Mathematics » Nature Studies » Mammals » Bears

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