The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
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“@goldietaylor It’s such a good book. | Oh, my heart. My grandma and I went to see her read The Year of Magical Thinking. Loved that book. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | What I read this week. The Didion memoir was a reread. I was looking up a passage from the beginning and ended up rereading the whole book for the third time. #GretchenRubinReads What are you reading @HMHCo @CharlesMBlow @AAKnopf @deystreet @SethS_D @tomvanderbilt”
Source →“@goldietaylor It’s such a good book. | Oh, my heart. My grandma and I went to see her read The Year of Magical Thinking. Loved that book. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | What I read this week. The Didion memoir was a reread. I was looking up a passage from the beginning and ended up rereading the whole book for the third time. #GretchenRubinReads What are you reading @HMHCo @CharlesMBlow @AAKnopf @deystreet @SethS_D @tomvanderbilt”
Source →“@goldietaylor It’s such a good book. | Oh, my heart. My grandma and I went to see her read The Year of Magical Thinking. Loved that book. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | What I read this week. The Didion memoir was a reread. I was looking up a passage from the beginning and ended up rereading the whole book for the third time. #GretchenRubinReads What are you reading @HMHCo @CharlesMBlow @AAKnopf @deystreet @SethS_D @tomvanderbilt”
Source →“@goldietaylor It’s such a good book. | Oh, my heart. My grandma and I went to see her read The Year of Magical Thinking. Loved that book. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | What I read this week. The Didion memoir was a reread. I was looking up a passage from the beginning and ended up rereading the whole book for the third time. #GretchenRubinReads What are you reading @HMHCo @CharlesMBlow @AAKnopf @deystreet @SethS_D @tomvanderbilt”
Source →“@goldietaylor It’s such a good book. | Oh, my heart. My grandma and I went to see her read The Year of Magical Thinking. Loved that book. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | What I read this week. The Didion memoir was a reread. I was looking up a passage from the beginning and ended up rereading the whole book for the third time. #GretchenRubinReads What are you reading @HMHCo @CharlesMBlow @AAKnopf @deystreet @SethS_D @tomvanderbilt”
Source →“@goldietaylor It’s such a good book. | Oh, my heart. My grandma and I went to see her read The Year of Magical Thinking. Loved that book. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | What I read this week. The Didion memoir was a reread. I was looking up a passage from the beginning and ended up rereading the whole book for the third time. #GretchenRubinReads What are you reading @HMHCo @CharlesMBlow @AAKnopf @deystreet @SethS_D @tomvanderbilt”
Source →Recommended by 8 notable people, including Brendon Burchard and Gretchen Rubin
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Autobiography, Grief, and Nonfiction.
'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.'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?...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Autobiography, Grief, and Nonfiction.
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“@goldietaylor It’s such a good book. | Oh, my heart. My grandma and I went to see her read The Year of Magical Thinking. Loved that book. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | What I read this week. The Didion memoir was a reread. I was looking up a passage from the beginning and ended up rereading the whole book for the third time. #GretchenRubinReads What are you reading @HMHCo @CharlesMBlow @AAKnopf @deystreet @SethS_D @tomvanderbilt”
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