Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays 4th nonfiction sad and alive with unforgettable

sad and alive with unforgettable men and women--brimming with truth

based on a few minutes of observing a couple

" --Alexander McFarlane

the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions

and interviews with people who were in FDR and Churchill's joint company--shed light on the characters of both men as he engagingly chronicles the hours in which they decided the course of the struggle

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays 4th nonfiction sad and alive with unforgettableCelebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion's first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. First published in 1968, the collection was critically praised as one of the "best prose written in this country." More than perhaps any other book, this collection by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era captures the unique time and place of Joan Didion's focus, exploring