My first introduction to Joan Didion happened to be disastruous one - "The year of magical thinking" was read in one insomniac night and didn't sitt well with me around 4 a.m. so conlusion was to stay away from her,no matter what they say.
Luckily,I was given her collection of essays published in her younger days (1960s) and it was called "Live and learn" in UK. This time around I find her interesting,perceptive and even inspiring - the way she notices "small things" around her,her musings about movies,US society and people around her in general are excellent.In fact I even started to think this is the way I would liked to write had I stay in journalism.
Very good.
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