Biography & Memoir· United States
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan DidionAggregate Editorial Score39/100
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Published 2005227 pagesEnglish
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion is a landmark work of biography & memoir, first published in 2005. Didion's account of the year following her husband John Gregory Dunne's sudden death—written in a state of grief-induced altered consciousness—is the most honest account of the 'magical thinking' of bereavement ever written. Winner of the National Book Award. Themes of grief, death, marriage run through the work. The book has received recognition from Kirkus Reviews 2005.
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