Joan Didion and Eve Babitz. The cool girls of Los Angeles in the 1970s – authors, writers, journalists, artists, and, ultimately, cultural icons. Shortly after Babitz’s death, journalist Lili Anolik was granted access to a treasure trove: boxes of personal papers and letters discovered among the clutter in Babitz’s decrepit apartment, many of which were unsent correspondence addressed to Didion.Using these letters as a jumping-off point, Anolik’s book dives into a chronicle of the complex relationship between the two women.

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