Pre-Owned Where I Was from (Hardcover) by Joan Didion

from thornton37814

Joan Didion discusses her family and their migration to California. She separates fact from fiction in the stories told, not only about her own family, but also about her native California. Exploring bits and pieces from the 19th century to 21st, readers are treated to well-written essays showing...

from Elizabeth.Michele

Assigned as part of a California Lit class in college. An interesting book about her life in California and how that has affected her. Being from California myself I found much of what she said very true and moving.

from CarltonC

There is no real way to deal with everything we lose. Written in Didion's wonderful conversational prose and published in 2003, this short book of interconnected essays starts by Didion, born in Sacramento, describing her perception of Californian history as a child. She critically analyses this ...

from ivan.frade

I was wondering more than once about that difference between the mythical and the real California, so this book was spot on. As Didion puts it: "things don't add up", and she goes to retell bits of the California history (and more recent events) giving a very different perspective on this place a...

from Paperpuss

She has such a clear voice, no unnecessary sentences or digressions. She rights from the depth of her very self with no pathos just honesty.