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astrangerhere · 10-08-2019, 03:10 PM

Anothercat -

I'm sorry that you didn't like the book, but I appreciate that you tried. I don't know that any perspective I might offer would change your mind, so I won't try on that count. I will say, on the name dropping - her and John Dunne made their livings in Hollywood. Hell, Harrison Ford, as a young carpenter, built a deck for her. I don't think it is name dropping so much as it is genuinely her circle of friends. This crops up again in Blue Nights when she is shocked to discover she is doing her own rehab in the same place that the New York Yankees use.

I think being married, I cannot help but view this book in the "what would I do?" lens. I have a lot of answers, and, frankly, none of them are as good as Joan Didion's.

10-08-2019, 03:10 PM	#14
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,755 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Anothercat - I'm sorry that you didn't like the book, but I appreciate that you tried. I don't know that any perspective I might offer would change your mind, so I won't try on that count. I will say, on the name dropping - her and John Dunne made their livings in Hollywood. Hell, Harrison Ford, as a young carpenter, built a deck for her. I don't think it is name dropping so much as it is genuinely her circle of friends. This crops up again in Blue Nights when she is shocked to discover she is doing her own rehab in the same place that the New York Yankees use. I think being married, I cannot help but view this book in the "what would I do?" lens. I have a lot of answers, and, frankly, none of them are as good as Joan Didion's.