![]() ![]() Liked best? Well, Joan Didion's writing, of course! Liked least? What a weird clash of writing style and narrator style. What did you like best about Slouching Towards Bethlehem? What did you like least? character-the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life-is the source from which self-respect springs.” ― Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem "People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve they display what was once called character, a quality which, although approved in the abstract, sometimes loses ground to the other, more instantly negotiable virtues. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? Nostalgia, her voice brings you back to 90's What does Diane Keaton bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book? My Misspent Youth: Essays by Meghan Daum is the 90's equivalent but this has dated less well What other book might you compare Slouching Towards Bethlehem to, and why? Maybe originally intended to bridge the void between hippy culture and there parents it somehow is equally relevant to a person who has come a good few generations later. ![]() To me the book was written by Didion to communicate over a generational gap. The Content of the book is so insightful as someone born in the 90's the story's contained really illustrate a generation of people. I love Diane Keaton's Voice and she felt like the perfect choice for this book. ![]() Where does Slouching Towards Bethlehem rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? ![]()
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