Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: Goodbye to All That Summary and Analysis

Didion moves to New York as a young woman. The city seems like a huge adventure to her. Didion struggles in those early years before she finds a good job, often using her charge card at a department store in order to eat. Didion never tells her family about her struggles, however, because she wants to survive on her own without their help. Later Didion gets a good job at a magazine and begins to make good friends, friends with whom she often parties. However, these parties soon become boring because they are always the same people. The adventure of the area has gone away. Soon after Didion marries, she becomes depressed. Didion's husband sees her despair and suggests he take a leave...