autobiographer's childhood

noun phrase

1. The period of an autobiographer’s life when they were a child, often remembered or described in their autobiography.

   B2

   possessive noun phrase; refers to a period of life, usually uncountable in this sense

   • "The autobiographer's childhood was happy."A2
   • "The book begins with the autobiographer’s childhood in a small village."B1
   • "Critics praised how the autobiographer's childhood shaped the book's later reflections on identity."B2