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In *The Folded Clock*, poet and essayist Heidi Julavits revisits the childhood journals she once shelved in a storage bin. The pages reveal a young woman’s restless worries about grades, appearance, boys, and popularity—an unvarnished look at early self‑obsession.
Reading those entries, Julavits confronts the paradox that her past fears echo what she still wrestles with as a forty‑something mother, wife, and creator. The book becomes a candid dialogue between former and current self, inviting readers to laugh at—and perhaps understand—the familiar patterns that shape our identities over time.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Heidi Julavits
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