The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
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Author: Joan DidionEdition: Paperback
Published: 2007-02-13
ISBN: 1400078431
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: She should have waited a bit, allowed things to percolate before serving...
Summary: 2 Stars
I am glad that I decided to borrow and not purchase The Year of Magical Thinking. While it is fresh and original in its presentation of the facts and the author's reactions to a tragic personal experience (sudden loss of her husband followed by equally unexpected illness and loss of their only daughter), it is also surprisingly hollow. With all due respect to the indisputably talented Joan, if she'd gone back to the basics for this one, I might have appreciated it more. #1, journaling if for one's journal, not one's memoir. #2, that something is "true" does not alone make it interesting. Why does this truth matter? What does it mean? What is the purpose of the tale? Perhaps Joan was rushed by publishers. I'm nearly certain that if she had waited a few years before finishing and publishing a memoir about her astonishing experiences with death and loss, The Year of Magical Thinking would be an entirely different (and better) book.
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From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: 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.Authors Books
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