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The Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking. By: Joan Didion. Reviews.

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The Year of Magical Thinking

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  1. The Year of Magical Thinking By: Joan Didion

  2. Reviews “The Year of Magical Thinking, though it spares nothing in describing Didion's confusion, grief and derangement, is a work of surpassing clarity and honesty. It may not provide "meaning" to her husband's death or her daughter's illness, but it describes their effects on her with unsparing candor. It was not written as a self-help handbook for the bereaved but as a journey into a place that none of us can fully imagine until we have been there.”-The Washington Post - Jonathan Yardley “Her book is thrilling . . . a living, sharp, memorable book . . . An exact, candid, and penetrating account of personal terror and bereavement . . . sometimes quite funny because it dares to tell the truth.” - The New York Times Book Review, Robert Pinsky

  3. “Big Questions” • Can we always trust doctors with our lives? • How do people move on and overcome such troubles? • Does everything really happen for a reason? • Can someone get a positive out of the death or loss of someone so special and meaningful?

  4. Bibliography Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking. New York: Knopf, 2005 Yardley, Johnathan. “Summary and Book Reviews.” Book Browse. 2006. February 8,2011<http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=1687> <http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1099&bih=599&gbv=2&q=joan+didion+the+year+of+magical+thinking+with+family&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqsyRJO9g0s&feature=related>

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