Patricia Anne Van Tighem, ... Van Tighem was hiking with her husband, Trevor Janz, in the Canadian Rockies near Montana when a grizzly protecting her cubs and an autumn meal pounced on Janz.

Patricia Anne Van Tighem, ... Ms. Van Tighem was hiking with her husband, Trevor Janz, in the Canadian Rockies near Montana when a grizzly protecting her cubs and an autumn meal pounced on Janz.

Mauling victim Patricia Anne Van Tighem, who wrote the grueling Canadian bestseller "The Bear's Embrace," has died in Canada. She was 47.

Patricia Van Tighem, . . Pantheon, $23 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-375-42131-0. In 1983, Van Tighem and her husband, Trevor Janz, were brutally attacked by a bear while hiking in the Canadian Rockies.

The bear's embrace: a true story of surviving a grizzly bear attack Patricia Van Tighem Greystone Books, Vancouver; 2000 256 pp. $29.95 (cloth) ISBN 1-550-548077 On a sunny fall day in 1983, Patricia ...

Patricia Van Tighem has had more than 25 operations. ... Unbelievably, she displays a sense of humour about the attack that, 17 years ago, left her and her husband, Trevor, ...

If Patricia Van Tighem had not prevailed upon her husband to abandon his plans to go rock-climbing and, instead, take her on an overnight trek in the Rockies on the border between Canada and the ...

A Calgary woman who wrote a book about being attacked by a grizzly bear has died in Kelowna, B.C. Patricia Anne Van Tighem, 47, took her own life. Her family says it was the long lasting effects ...

Patricia Van Tighem poured her heart into her writing, giving birth to a national best seller that detailed her journey through recovery and pain. Hers epitomized the life of a survivor.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Patricia Anne Van Tighem, who wrote a best-selling account of a bear attack that left her disfigured and in chronic pain, has died at 47.

Reviews the book 'The Bear's Embrace: A Story of Survival,' by Patricia Van Tighem. By PT Staff published September 1, 2001 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016 Share ...

The Bear's Embrace (Book Review) Reviews the book 'The Bear's Embrace: A Story of Survival,' by Patricia Van Tighem. By PT Staff published September 1, 2001 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016 ...