Sara Davidson, a young reporter, met Joan before she became Joan Didion — the beloved author of best-selling books that people would carry around and quote. Joan was deeply private, but she let down her guard with Sara, who would later write Loose Change and other best-selling books. They shared meals, and laughter, and often stayed up late, talking about the craft of writing, marriage, raising their children, and why Joan refused an advance from Warren Beatty. Funny, intimate, and deep, this is the Joan Didion you’ve never seen or heard, behind the books, dark glasses, and the camera.
Buy The Didion FilesSara Davidson first captured America’s imagination with her N.Y. Times best seller, Loose Change, about three women growing up in the Sixties. In her many books, articles, TV shows and radio interviews, she’s earned a reputation as a social observer who does cutting edge pieces about the way we live.
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February, 21, 2025
Hello from Honolulu, where I’ve been spending several months every winter for decades, largely because my sister, Terry, has lived in Honolulu all her adult life and has a substantial “ohana”—family—on the island. I have a studio in a tall building right on the sand, where I can set up my writing desk and walk outside to swim almost every day. Most of the women on the beac
