Abra, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece and how you wove together Democracy, the book, with current events. It was like reading a literature review and opinion piece all in one. Brilliant. I have never read Didion - would you recommend starting with Democracy, or somewhere else?
So glad to hear this, Renee. Helping readers get excited about new-to-them authors is a big motivation for doing this! As far as where to start with Didion: does this book sound intriguing to you? It really is like shuffled cards, not told in a straightforward way and if you like that this could be very interesting to you. If you want to be able to talk to others about Didion, her more popular books might be The White Album (new journalism), The Year of Magical Thinking or Blue Nights (memoir) or Play It As It Lays (fiction).
Abra, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece and how you wove together Democracy, the book, with current events. It was like reading a literature review and opinion piece all in one. Brilliant. I have never read Didion - would you recommend starting with Democracy, or somewhere else?
So glad to hear this, Renee. Helping readers get excited about new-to-them authors is a big motivation for doing this! As far as where to start with Didion: does this book sound intriguing to you? It really is like shuffled cards, not told in a straightforward way and if you like that this could be very interesting to you. If you want to be able to talk to others about Didion, her more popular books might be The White Album (new journalism), The Year of Magical Thinking or Blue Nights (memoir) or Play It As It Lays (fiction).