The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

From one of Americas iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life in good times and bad that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.

‘It is the most awesome performance of both participating in, and watching, an eventEven though Didion does not allow herself to break down, only a terribly controlled reader will resist doing the same.’ Independent

‘Ultimately, and unexpectedly for a book about illness and death, this is a wonderfully life-affirming book.’ Observer

‘Searing, informative and affecting. Don’t leave life without it.’ Financial Times

‘This is a beautiful and devastating book by one of the finest writers we have. Didion has always been a precise, humane and meticulously truthful writer, but on the subject of death she becomes essential.’ Zadie Smith

‘Taking the reader to places where they would not otherwise go is one of the things a really good book can do. “The Year of Magical Thinking” does just that, and brilliantly. Powerful, moving and true.’ Spectator

‘A great book, a great work. Angular, exact, pressured and tough, precise as a diamond drill bit.’ Nick Laird

Guardian Books of the Decade, 2005, 'devastating' Vince Cable

Joan Didion was born in California and lives in New York. She is the author of five novels and seven previous books of nonfiction: among them the great portraits of a decade in essays, ‘Sentimental Journeys’, ‘The White Album’, and ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’.

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ISBN 13	9780007216840
ISBN 10	000721684X
Title	The Year of Magical Thinking
Author	Joan Didion
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2005-10-17
Number of pages	240
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