Alissa Wilkinson's We Tell Ourselves Stories

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial:https://mediabooks.space/il-3919/Title: We Tell Ourselves Stories Author: Alissa Wilkinson Narrator: Alissa Wilkinson Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins Release date: 05-27-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings Genres: Entertainment & Celebrities Publisher's Summary: In this cultural biography, New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson examines Joan Didion's influence through the lens of American mythmaking. As a young girl, Didion was infatuated with John Wayne and his on-screen bravado, and was fascinated by her California pioneer ancestry and the infamous Donner Party. The mythos that preoccupied her early years continued to influence her work as a magazine writer and film critic in New York, offering glimmers of the many stories Didion told herself that would come to unravel over the course of her career. But out west, show business beckoned.