Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

252 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
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This classic collection of journalism defined the state of America during the upheaval of the sixties revolution. The essays feature barricades and bombings, mass murders and kidnapped heiresses.

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Moods

reflective 92%
informative 48%
emotional 28%
challenging 27%
inspiring 18%
funny 16%
adventurous 8%
dark 8%
relaxing 7%
sad 7%
hopeful 6%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%
tense 2%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 38%
fast 11%

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4.13

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