Elastic Heart

Elastic Heart

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Personal essays about the stories we inherit, the bodies we inhabit, and the lives we choose for ourselves.

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About Heather Valentine

Midwest raised on casseroles and contradictions, writing from the Pacific’s edge about family, motherhood, and midlife.