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          'Tis Herself: An Autobiography - Softcover

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          It's no wonder, Genova's first book, “Still Alice,” spent nearly a year on the New York Times bestseller list (she began by self publishing it, selling copies.

        1. It's no wonder, Genova's first book, “Still Alice,” spent nearly a year on the New York Times bestseller list (she began by self publishing it, selling copies.
        2. William R. Clark looks at life and death at the level of the cell, as he addresses such profound questions as why we age, why death exists, and why death and.
        3. Discover David Hughes; and more!Unwrap a complete list of books by David Hughes and find books available for swap.
        4. An autobiography includes all of the narrator's life events in chronological sequence, whereas a memoir is the author's real-life experience with a lesson.
        5. To my colleague Axel Schäfer, I owe the fact that writing this book finally came to an end; his advice in terms of chapter structure turned out to be crucial.

          6. � Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

          Chapter One: The Gypsy and the Two-Headed Beast

          My whole life was foretold to me. I peered out the crack of our door and found an old Romany Gypsy standing hunched on our porch in the hot afternoon sun.

          She smiled down at me and took my five-year-old hands in hers, then turned my palms upward and read my fortune. "You will leave Ireland one day and become a very famous woman known all around the world.

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          You are going to make a fortune and be very, very rich." Then she held my hands in the light and cackled, "But it will all slip through your fingers one day." I pulled my hands away and answered with certainty, "I'll never leave Ireland." Then I closed the door.

          I thought the old girl was silly.

          I didn't need a Gypsy to tell me what my place in the world would be. I already knew. I believed from the time I was able to think that I was going to set the world on fire.

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