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The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion
 
 

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Years Released 2005-2008
Publisher Random House Inc
Categories Biography  >  General
Biography  >  Reference
Family & Relationships  >  Death, Grief, Bereavement
Family & Relationships  >  Family Relationships
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Awards National Book Award - Nonfiction - 2005 (winner)
National Book Critics Circle Award - Memoir/Autobiography - 2005 (nominated)
Pulitzer Prize - Biography - 2006 (nominated)
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In THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion writes an account of her life since the 2003 death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. Didion's grief was profound and debilitating; she and Dunne had been married for nearly 40 years, during which they were hardly ever apart. But in the course of her mourning period, she also gained crucial insights into herself, her marriage, death, and loss. Winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and named one of the 10 Best Books of 2005 by the New York Times.


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"[A]n indispensable addition to Didion's body of work and a lyrical, disciplined entry in the annals of mourning literature." - (Publishers Weekly, 6/27/05)

"A potent depiction of grief...." - (Kirkus, 7/15/05)

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    "some good wisdom about the grief process amid a subplot of dealing with a very ill daughter."
    reviewed by bairz on Oct 10, 2008  |  comment
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