Sublime

Caitlin Flanagan, who never met Joan, wrote in The Atlantic in 2012 that Joan was a neglectful mother, who worked constantly and “left Quintana alone with a variety of sitters—two teenage boys who happened to live next door, a woman who ‘saw death’ in Joan Didion’s aura, and whatever hotel sitter was on duty many, many times...She balanced ill

she was seeking confidence and stability in her own sense of taste.