Bear's Embrace

On a sunny fall day in 1983, Patricia Van Tighem and her husband, Trevor Jang, were brutally attacked by a bear while hiking in the Canadian Rockies. Jang was severely hurt, but Van Tighem suffered even more serious, disfiguring injuries, and that she survived was a miracle.

A gifted writer, Van Tighem crafted a vivid and startling account of the attack. But her recovery was just as disturbing. Her...