The Folded Clock, Heidi Julavits
The Folded Clock, Heidi Julavits
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The Folded Clock

Author: Heidi Julavits

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2015

Synopsis

Like many young people, Heidi Julavits kept a diary. Decades later she found her old diaries in a storage bin, and hoped to discover the early evidence of the person (and writer) she'd since become. Instead, 'The actual diaries revealed me to possess the mind of a paranoid tax auditor.' The entries are daily chronicles of anxieties about grades, looks, boys, and popularity. After reading the confessions of her past self, writes Julavits, 'I want to good-naturedly laugh at this person. I want to but I can't. What she wanted then is scarcely different from what I want today.' Thus was born a desire to try again, to chronicle her daily life as a forty-something woman, wife, mother, and writer. The dazzling result is The Folded Clock, in which the diary form becomes a meditation on time and self.

About Heidi Julavits

Heidi Julavits is the author of two previous novels, "The Mineral Palace" and "The Effect of Living Backwards," as well as a collaborative book, "Hotel Andromeda," with the artist Jenny Gage. She is a founding editor of "Believer," and her writings have appeared in "Esquire," "Time, The New York Times," McSweeney's" "among other places." "She lives in Manhattan and Maine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

Clever. charming, off-beat, both the book and the narrator. Everytime I sat down with this book, I completely enjoyed myself. Until one day I just couldn't stand it! I realized it was sort of like reading an extended Facebook update, one long humble-brag. "I have long blonde hair and am considered p......more

Goodreads review by Snotchocheez

I'm pretty sure that when I finally get around to reading Heidi Julavits' fiction, I'm going to enjoy it. As evidenced by her "diary" The Folded Clock she's plenty intelligent, has a keen, self-deprecatory sense of humor, and a vivid imagination. There was something about her quirky, neurotic musin......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

I'm honestly at about 3.5 stars for this one. Reading this book every night was like having coffee with your smartest girlfriend. I loved that about it. Its weaknesses are mostly inherent to the diary format. Writing a daily essay that connects to something you did that day is somewhat limiting, tho......more

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