One work in this collection opens, "Some of us who live in arid parts of the world think about water with a reverence others might find excessive", while another describes an unfinished governor's residence; those works are titled "Holy Water" and "Many Mansions".
One work in this collection opens, "Some of us who live in arid parts of the world think about water with a reverence others might find excessive", while another describes an unfinished governor's residence; those works are titled "Holy Water" and "Many Mansions". Its author described crippling migraine attacks in the entry, "In Bed". Its "Women" section includes an essay on Georgia O'Keeffe. In the title work in this collection, the author argues, "In another sense the Sixties did not truly end for me until  I left the house of Franklin Avenue". That title essay reproduces the psychiatric report on the author's nervous breakdown and opens, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live". For 10 points, name this collection of essays by Joan Didion whose title derives from the record on which "Helter Skelter" appeared.
One work in this collection opens, "Some of us who live in arid parts of the world think about water with a reverence others might find excessive", while another describes an unfinished governor's residence; those works are titled "Holy Water" and "Many Mansions".
The White Album