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Joan (2011)

by Sara Davidson(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Byliner Inc.

review 1: Writer: Yet she still possessed the ability to render in breathtaking prose what it is to be human.Marriage: She believes that romantic love is different from marriage. “Romantic love goes away. Gone. It can’t last your entire life.” She doesn’t find romantic love interesting, because “it has a sameness. Marriage is something else. It’s a determination and it grows, rather than going away. The more investment you have in it, the more you get out of it.”　　Then why do so many end in divorce?　　“It takes two people who are willing to put in the time,” she said. “If I sensed anything about John when I first knew him, it was that he was willing to do that.”Life: “I can’t deal with everybody’s idea of what’s best for me. All I have to do is w... moreork harder, force myself to ignore the fact that I don’t feel very well, stop feeling sorry for myself, and start another book. Right? When I say that’s all I have to do, that seems a bit much. But I know I can do it.”Wonderful!
review 2: A short book. I was just a bit too young to say I was a woman of the 60s, and when I read the preview of this book, I wanted to read it right away. Inspiring. Joan Didion lived a life on the lovely Paciific Coast, and though she was awarded handsomely with the friendships of Celebrities and Writers and other creative people, she had much sadness. She survived, and reading her story meant a lot to me, "the belief that she would get through what she had to get through." (The same words used by my Mom, when my Dad passed away.)Joan wrote an essay, "Self Respect." I did not read it, but I'll keep a copy ready for my Granddaughter, because the young girls today need all the guidance they can get. BTW, this book is published as an eBook, from the Byliners Series. Barb 11.11.11 less

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