I grabbed this book as I headed out the door to the airport -- I never travel to California without a Didion in tow. Good thing I own many of her books that I have yet to read; for occasions such as this.

Some of the essays in this collection seem dated in 2014, but others timeless. I particularly liked the great mini-history on the LA Times written in 1989, and her essay about Patty Hearst's personal life trajectory. Also interesting was the book-closer, written about the Central Park jogger case at the time it was happening in the headlines and long before the five boys charged with the crime were exonerated in 2002. Because this case came back into the headlines a couple of years ago with the Burns documentary, was fascinating to read Didion's cautious insights at the time -- which also called out the lack of actual evidence against these boys and the case in juxtaposition to New York City's social culture at the time.