Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Why this book?
I’ve lived in California and feel that this is the most eloquent book that describes the Golden State from the perspective of a transplanted New Yorker. Though written in the 1960s, many of her observations are still cogent and on the mark, yet, at the same time, they are also revealing about the author. In her essay, “Goodbye to All That,” she wrote, “For a lot of the time I was in New York, I used a perfume called Fleurs de Rocaille, and then L’Air du Temps, and not the trace of either can short-circuit my connections for the rest of the day.”