Let Me Tell You What I Mean

How does Didion express her homesickness for California in the nonfiction essay collection, Let Me Tell You What I Mean?

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Didion lives in New York, but she often describes a feeling of incredible homesickness for her home state of California. Frequently, California is contrasted against the bustling East Coast cities such as New York, with Didion reflecting on home, family, expansive land and sky in California but speaking more of work, projects, and honing her craft when it comes to New York. This division is likely due to her moving to New York for work and to further her career, thus naturally leading the site of her childhood and adolescence -- California -- to take on a warmer tone in her mind and her current home to be more associated with adult responsibilities and lessons.

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