Directions to myself
Julavits, Heidi2024
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One day Heidi Julavits sees her son silhouetted by the sun and notices he is at the threshold of what she calls 'the end times of childhood', When did this happen, she asks herself. Who is my son becoming - and what qualifies me to be his guide? What follows starts to feel like uncharted waters. Rape allegations rock the university campus where she teaches, unleashing questions of justice and accountability. Julavits begins to wonder how to prepare her son to be the best possible citizen of the world he's about to enter. And what must she learn about herself in order to responsibly steer him. Looking back to her own childhood in Maine, where she often navigated the coastline in a small boat relying on a decades-old sailing guide, Julavits takes us on an intellectual navigation of the self.
Main title:
Directions to myself / Heidi Julavits.
Author:
Julavits, Heidi, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2024.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781408883365 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.54B JUL
Language:
English
BRN:
2436373