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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
first didion book — it spoke to me. i think what also spoke to me is the weight of things unsaid…
passages that stood out to me were the trach, and the feeling that her younger self died with john. her treating a vacation to honolulu like a silly expenditure also made me laugh
passages that stood out to me were the trach, and the feeling that her younger self died with john. her treating a vacation to honolulu like a silly expenditure also made me laugh
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Something of a modern classic, an account of the first year of Didion's life after the death of her husband. As one would expect it is brilliantly written, with layers of sadness and memory and moments of remarkable insight about the lengths her brain went to to not accept her husband's passing. It is also full of insight drawn from a lifetime well read. This all in all makes it a somewhat profound and interesting read.
"I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us."
"I also know that if we are to live ourselves there comes a point at which we must relinquish the dead, let them go, keep them dead."
"I also know that if we are to live ourselves there comes a point at which we must relinquish the dead, let them go, keep them dead."
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Wouldn’t be right to rate. Worth reading.
inspiring
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Moving and honest about grief—but wow, the privilege was hard to ignore.
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Grief is universal. Having the means to deal with it like Didion is not.
emotional
informative
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medium-paced