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Where I was from

Paperback • 2004 • English

Where I was from

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About the book

A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America. In this moving and surprising book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history - and America's. Where I Was From, in Didion's words, "represents an exploration into my own confusions about the place and the way in which I grew up, misapprehensions and misunderstandings so much a part of who I became that I can still to this day confront them only obliquely." The book is a haunt...Show more

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ISBN

9780007178872

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Where I was from

Format

Paperback

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