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"...Bound: a memoir of making and remaking is a collection of essays about sewing and knowing who you are. Each chapter in this sewist's diary charts the crafting of a different garment. From a lining embroidered with the names of her female ancestors to a dressing gown holding the body of a beloved friend, Ballard navigates love, personal connections, and self-care, drafting her own patterns for ways of living. Lyrical, probing, soothing and wise Bound is a strikingly original debut and a quiet celebration of the remarkable, everyday process of making and re-making: of cloth, of cloting, and of ourselves."--Back cover.