Â One of this author's works ends by repeatedly asking why a young child is being allowed to do such things as set fires and bite on an electrical cord unsupervised.
This writer stated that "When we talk about mortality we are talking about our children" in a book that opens with a girl who has "quicksilver changes of mood" marrying a musician named Gerry Michael. Â One of this author's works ends by repeatedly asking why a young child is being allowed to do such things as set fires and bite on an electrical cord unsupervised. This author, who told of her daughter (*) Quintana Roo's death in Blue Nights, described the "vortex effect" of memories that assailed her as she convinced herself that her husband John would not return in another memoir. Â She termed children given LSD by their parents part of High Kindergarten in an essay collection about life in San Francisco. Â For 10 points, name this author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
This writer stated that "When we talk about mortality we are talking about our children" in a book that opens with a girl who has "quicksilver changes of mood" marrying a musician named Gerry Michael.
Joan Didion