Where I Was From

                                                           

      Here we have a collection of essays by Joan Didion concerning  early California history. As a writer  She wrote lots of books.  Her writing can be looked at as in the style of new journalism.

    A good place to start with her writing is with  Slouching Toward Bethlehem  or The White Album. Maybe even at her 1070 book Play it As It Lays.

    This book of her essays is not a good place to start. It is a bit disjointed with lack of transitions.

     Maybe that is the form of this movement of new journalism, but it still makes for a style that is, in my opinon, not easily readable. She uses inclusive pictures of social unrest and psychological fragmentation. This seems to be her style. It may not be for everyone.

    I was handed this book as the 2022 Santa Monica Reads choice for discussion. It should be a good discussion generator