Article: Van Tighem, Patricia. The bear's embrace; a story of survival.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)

Random House, Anchor. 273p. c2000.0-385-72165-X. $13.00. SA

This memoir is an incredible and sometimes horrific description of a grizzly bear attack and the author's physical recovery and suffering through Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She tells her story in an appealing and dramatically intense manner that pulis the reader into the thoughts and emotions she is experiencing. Van Tighem was a nurse at the time of the mauling, married for a short while to Trevor Janz, a young medical student. The book opens with some background on the beginning of their relationship and a brief description of the events leading up to the attack during a backpacking trip in the ...

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