Joan Didion's 'Play It as It Lays' is the third most popular L.A. book among writers surveyed by The Times. David L. Ulin explains why her fiction matters.
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On the eve of her 77th birthday, Sacramento’s native daughter Joan Didion reflects on the untimely deaths of her husband and daughter, the difficulty of parenting, and why, as a teenager, she really wanted a job at the California State Fair.