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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Joan Didion
Born: December 5, 1934
Died: December 23, 2021 (aged 87)
Bio: Joan Didion was an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation.
Known for:
- The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968)
- The White Album (1979)
- Blue Nights (2011)
- Play It as It Lays (1970)
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