Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking

I listened to the audio book version of The Year of Magical Thinking, and I am not sure that I would have made it through a reading of the National Book Award winning, actual book. It is stunning in it’s depth and it’s detail and it’s feelings. I liked the cool even recitation of Barbara Caruso, although some reviewers thought she was a little too cold and detached for the subject matter.Joan Didion is a great writer. She is also a great technician of English. As a writer of far lessor skill and ambition-implying that I could be a great…

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