This book is a collection of essays written in the 1960s by the masterful Didion. There are three sections: 1) "Life Styles in the Golden Land," 2) "Personals," and 3) "Seven Places of the Mind." I found the first section, with a focus on California, the most interesting. The essay "Slouching Towards Bethlemen," which chronicles Didion's time spent with hippies in the Haight-Ashbury district, is the centerpiece. Other topics include a notorious murder case in the San Bernardino Valley ("Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream") and Joan Baez's Institute for the Study of Nonviolence in the Carmel Valley ("Where the Kissing Never Stops").
Leatherby Libraries Call Number: PS3554.I33 S55 1968
2nd Floor Humanities Library
Review submitted by: Stacy Russo, Instruction Librarian, Leatherby Libraries
Rating: Highly Recommended
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