A review by rotfaced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

One of my favorite nonfiction books. Joan Didion deserves her reputation as a riveting essayist and memoir writer, and this book brings that talent forth in earnest. Didion's writing crystalizes grief on the page, rendering it tangible to readers. A heartbreaking book, and not at all an easy read, but worthwhile for those who want to deepen their relationship with death, dying, and life after. 
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