I forewarned you that I’d be reading a lot of Joan Didion for a paper I’m writing.  (Don’t worry, I’m counteracting her amazing prose and super-depressing topics with less serious books).   Didion’s second novel, Play It As It Lays, is the story of a troubled woman, Maria Wyeth (pronounced, we’re told early on, Mar-eye-ah).  The book is full of beautiful sentences that portray a woman coming apart at the seams. Case in point:     Because she had an uneasy … Read entire article »