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Rumpus Book ClubMarch 15th, 2010
Ryan Clark: The Last Book I Loved, Where I Was From
One of the best things about reading Joan Didion is her honesty, the fact that she hasn’t forgotten the uncertainty that comes from being young, or just how hard it can be to part truths from myth.
Didion once wrote about having seriously considered building a shopping mall empire to support herself as a writer, and in Where I Was From she is still thinking about the complicated, alienating place where she grew up – about why it has so often left her feeling troubled or chagrined. “For most of my life California felt rich to me,” she admits, “that was the point of it, that was the promise.” …more
