Rick's Reading List

Joan Didion- The Year of Magical Thinking


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This week's book was on the New York Times Bestseller list, and it won the National Book Award. It's no wonder. Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking" takes readers through her journey of grief after the sudden death of her husband John Dunne in December 2003. Didion is a gifted writer -- and her late husband was as well. In Magical Thinking, Didion shares her journey through grief and what she experienced. She offers a glimpse into some irrational decisions she made -- and reflects on why wh made those decisions after Dunne's death. It is a thoughtful, powerful, brilliantly written and thought-provoking work on how we grieve and how it is unique for every person.

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