The Year of Magical Thinking (Hardcover)

from jennyo

I didn't choose this book. I didn't really want to read it. But one of my reading groups chose it as their January book. So. I started it last night and felt compelled to finish it this morning. Just in case you haven't seen the multiple reviews/awards nominations/etc., this book is about how Joa...

from ilovebooksdlk

This book has earned a place on my top five list. In her memoir, Joan Didion captures the year that followed her husband's sudden, unexpected death. She depicts the raw experience of grief so authentically, that the book may be appreciated in unique ways by those who have lost someone they deeply...

from PATRICIA

Enjoyed the book..really enjoyed the not so obvious tribute to her husband on the cover. Don't know if it was her idea or the publisher. Good read for any widow.

from mhgatti

Just days after Didion and her husband, both novelists, began to cope with their daughter's sudden coma (brought on by a mysterious illness), Didion's husband died of a heart attack. Didion documents the first year without her husband (the "magical thinking" being the illogical belief that he mig...

from Crazymamie

"Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be.....Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. We anticipate (we know) that someone close to us could die, but we do not look beyond the few days or weeks that immediately follow such an imagined death. We misconstrue the ...