Mehdi Trahim Trahim itibaren Binningen, Almanya itibaren Binningen, Almanya

Took a while for this to grow on me. I listened to it as a free serial audio podcast from http://podiobooks.com Essence is a physics experiment gone drastically awry. Not clear in the beginning what's going on, but becomes clear with continued listening... genuinely worth listening to.

I am not sure I understand what all the hype was about... Yes, Joan Didion had an incredibly difficult year-- her husband died suddenly & her daughter was very ill. The thing is, Joan actually seemed kind of detached, so I had a hard time connecting with her. I also had a hard time with what seemed like constant name/place dropping.