Slow Days, Fast Company The World, The Flesh, and L.A.

In the heat of Southern California, summer in Los Angeles, you meet the people of the art scene, go to parties and feel the glow of enjoying your youth. Taking place in the 60s & 70 Eve Babitz was a charming and adventurous woman and she expressed it in these series of essays - portraying herself as the central figure. Lyrically she captured the inspiration and the movements of the people and events around her, which just leaves you admiring her brightness. If you like a slow, poetic and glamorous summer vibe paired with the nostalgic brilliance of the 60s/70s - this book is for you. “People think you should be in love with other people or your work or justice. I’ve been in love with people and ideas in several cities and learned that the lovers I’ve loved and the ideas I’ve embraced depended on where I was, how cold it was, and what I had to do to be able to stand”

if carrie bradshaw was a bisexual LA woman / if joan didion was a slut this is the perfect summer read, hedonistic and dreamy i knew eve was a party girl of the 60s, but i really didn't expect such wit, charm, sharpness and bitchiness from her. i also love the way she talked about women and her friends in short, loved it