The Uptown Local by Cory Leadbeater - 9780349127170

Name: The Uptown Local by Cory Leadbeater - 9780349127170
Brand: Little, Brown Book Group

Little, Brown Book Group

The Uptown Locala memoir of Joy, Death, and Joan Didion\nAuthor(s): Cory Leadbeater\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom\nImprint: Fleet\nISBN-13: 9780349127170, 978-0349127170\nSynopsis\n'Leadbeater makes us see there was so much more to Joan Didion (to all of us) than just one thing' GUARDIAN 'A persuasive case for the argument that writers should write about writers' FINANCIAL TIMES Since the tumultuous days of childhood, Cory Leadbeater sought refuge from the rougher parts of life in the pages of books. Then, as an aspiring writer in his early twenties, he found himself the personal assistant to a titan of literature: Joan Didion. In the nine years that followed, Cory shared Joan's rarefied world, transformed by both her blazing intellect and generous friendship. Inwardly, Cory was spiralling: he reeled from the death of a close friend; he spent his weekends at prison, visiting his father. Life with Joan was an escape. Together they recited pR