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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Well, for me this book was a write-off, at close to the 50% mark I gave it a rest and thought about it for a while and after a few days decided there was much better reading about.
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I find it interesting that one of the publisher's discussion questions for this book is:
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The lifestyle described in this book is quite different from the way most people live, with glamorous friends, expensive homes, and trips to Hawaii, Paris, South America, etc., and yet none of that spared Didion from experiencing profound grief. Did her seemingly privileged life color your feelings about the book at all? Did that change after reading it?
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Clearly it put AnotherCat off, but not me. How did everyone else feel about it?