Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

nonfiction essays history memoir challenging reflective slow-paced

144 pages | first published 1968

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Capturing the tumultuous landscape of the United States, and in particular California, during a pivotal era of social change, the first work of nonfiction from one of American literature’s most distinctive prose stylists is a modern classic. In tw...
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reflective 93%
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challenging 32%
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funny 15%
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dark 8%
relaxing 8%
sad 7%
hopeful 5%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%
tense 1%

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