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Magical thinking, as didion writes about it, refers to the belief that a loss or trauma can somehow still be averted or reversed. The year of magical thinking vintage international kindle edition by didion, joan. The play by joan didion available from rakuten kobo. Several days before christmas 2003, john gregory dunne and joan didion saw their only daughter, quintana, fall ill. I had not yet tried to guess what the shape of magical thinking would be, but i was beginning to sense it as music, a sonata. The year of magical thinking will speak directly to anyone who has ever loved a husband, wife, or child. Didion writes movingly, painfully about their deaths in her books the year of magical thinking and blue nights. Adapted from didions best selling novel, the year of magical thinking is her memoir charting the year following this lifealtering moment. Apr 01, 2007 the year of magical thinking booth theatre, new york. Joan didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience. Sep 30, 2005 joan didion survives the year of magical thinking a little more than a month before her 40th wedding anniversary, joan didions beloved husband novelist john gregory dunne died.
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