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001			on1428980339
003			OCoLC
005			20240624152041.0
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010			_a 2024003686
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019			_a1401907910 _a1428743190 _a1437888228
020			_a9780063371576 _q(hardcover)
020			_a006337157X _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1428980339 _z(OCoLC)1401907910 _z(OCoLC)1428743190 _z(OCoLC)1437888228
042			_apcc
092			_aLEADBEAT C. _bL434
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aLeadbeater, Cory, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe uptown local : _bjoy, death, and Joan Didion : a memoir / _cCory Leadbeater.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2406
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_a213 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A brilliant debut memoir about a young writer--struggling with depression, family issues, and addiction--and his life-changing decade working for Joan Didion"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_aAs an aspiring novelist in his early twenties, Cory Leadbeater was presented with an opportunity to work for a well-known writer whose identity was kept confidential. Since the tumultuous days of childhood, Cory had sought refuge from the rougher parts of life in the pages of books. Suddenly, he found himself the personal assistant to a titan of literature: Joan Didion. In the nine years that followed, Cory shared Joan's rarefied world, transformed not only by her blazing intellect but by her generous friendship and mentorship. Together they recited poetry in the mornings, dined with Supreme Court justices, attended art openings, smoked a single cigarette before bed. But secretly, Cory was spiraling. He reeled from the death of a close friend. He spent his weekends at a federal prison, visiting his father as he served time for fraud. He struggled day after day to write the novel that would validate him as a real writer. And meanwhile, the forces of addiction and depression loomed large. In hypnotic prose that pulses with life and longing, The Uptown Local explores the fault lines of class, family, loss, and creativity. It is a love letter to a cultural icon--and a moving testament to the relationships that sustain us in the eternal pursuit of a life worth living.
600	1	0	_aLeadbeater, Cory.
600	1	0	_aLeadbeater, Cory _xFriends and associates.
650		0	_aAuthors, American _y21st century _vBiography. _985646
650		0	_aLife change events. _946632
600	1	0	_aDidion, Joan _xEmployees.
600	1	0	_aDidion, Joan _xFriends and associates.
650		0	_aNovelists, American _y20th century _vBiography. _918626
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
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