Heidi Julavits




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The Uses of Enchantment: A Nov... The Uses of Enchantment: A Novel
by Heidi Julavits
avg rating 3.04 — 422 ratings — published 2001
7 editions
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The Effect of Living Backwards The Effect of Living Backwards
by Heidi Julavits
avg rating 2.94 — 350 ratings — published 2003
8 editions
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The Mineral Palace The Mineral Palace
by Heidi Julavits
avg rating 3.02 — 85 ratings — published 2000
9 editions
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Hotel Andromeda Hotel Andromeda
by Heidi Julavits
avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 2003
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Read Hard: Five Years of Great... Read Hard: Five Years of Great Writing from the Believer
by Heidi Julavits, Ed Park (Goodreads author) (Editor), Vendela Vida (Editor)
avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published 2009
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The Believer, Issue 63: June 2... The Believer, Issue 63: June 2009
by Heidi Julavits, Ed Park (Goodreads author) (Editor), Vendela Vida (Editor)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2009
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The Mineral Palace The Mineral Palace
by Heidi Julavits, Susan Ericksen (Reader)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2001
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The Believer, Issue 56: Septem... The Believer, Issue 56: September 2008
by Heidi Julavits
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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The Mineral Palace The Mineral Palace
by Heidi Julavits, Susan Ericksen (Reader)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2000
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The Believer, Issue 62: May 20... The Believer, Issue 62: May 2009
by Heidi Julavits, Ed Park (Goodreads author) (Editor), Vendela Vida (Editor)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
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Heidi JulavitsThe Uses of Enchantment: A Novel
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"We're taught to find the antecedents to our adult failures in childhood traumas, and so we spend our lives looking bacwards and pointing fingers, rather than bucking up and forging ahead. But what if your childhood was all a big misunderstanding? An elaborate ruse? What does that say about failure? Better yet, what does that say about potential?"
Heidi Julavits (The Effect of Living Backwards)
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"I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual. They are terrible cooks. They cannot dress themselves. They are children who need guidance and protecting."
Heidi Julavits (The Effect of Living Backwards)
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"I take you for a girl who's eager to grow unstable at the first indication that things can come back to haunt a person, even after she has given them up for dead."
Heidi Julavits (The Effect of Living Backwards)
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