Silver Wells, California (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"…but Maria did: it was larger than Silver Wells."
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"…a picture of herself as a ten‐year‐old sitting on the front steps of the house in Silver Wells reading the gray book with the red cross on the cover…"
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"There was something about seeing her mother’s and father’s graves, but her mother and father were not buried in Tonopah. They were buried in Silver Wells, or what had been Silver Wells."
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"An underground nuclear device was detonated where Silver Wells had once been, and Maria got up before dawn to feel the blast."
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"“Actually I grew up in Silver Wells.” The boy looked at her impassively. “It’s across the line. I mean it’s on the test range.”"