Didion and Babitz sent them into exile--and transformed

sent them into exile--and transformed them into martyred heroes

Finis and Doneita Beasley

a clunky Mazda with a tennis ball stick shift) and his travels as a Southerner (Northerners like to ask if he believes in dinosaurs)

Claire Lebourg's watercolor illustrations convey all the worry and self-doubt that comes with any creative practice and show us that maybe the secret lies in believing in yourself

its color and quality of light

Didion and Babitz sent them into exile--and transformedNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Air Mail, Harper's Bazaar, The Washington Post, and more! Joan Didion is revealed at last in this "vivid, engrossing" (Vogue), and outrageously provocative dual biography "that reads like a propulsive novel" (Oprah Daily) revealing the mutual attractions and antagonisms of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz. Could you write what you write if you weren't so