In another essay, this author wrote that for people who grew up out west, New York City is an "in⢸nitely romantic notion" rather than a "plausible place" to live, which is why she moved away.
An essay by this author recalls a woman wearing a "dirty crepe-de-Chine (crep-duh-sheen) wrapper" who tells a bartender that Estelle is the reason she and George Sharp separated. This author explained that writing down anecdotes about others helps her to reconnect with her past selves in the essay "On Keeping a Notebook." In another essay, this author wrote that for people who grew up out west, New York City is an "in⢸nitely romantic notion" rather than a "plausible place" to live, which is why she moved away. This author of "Goodbye to All That" described a Word document with the words "life changes fast" in a book about the death of her husband and the hospitalization of her daughter Quintana Roo (kwin-TAH-nuh ROO). For 10 points, name this Californian essayist who wrote The Year of Magical Thinking and Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
An essay by this author recalls a woman wearing a "dirty crepe-de-Chine (crep-duh-sheen) wrapper" who tells a bartender that Estelle is the reason she and George Sharp separated.
Joan Didion