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The Year of Magical Thinking

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Written in clear and precise words with feeling and emotional understanding, this comprehensive guide and novel will help you to follow through with the grief you feel within yourself. I gained so much knowledge from this well written book. I also read Song Of Cy: Understanding Grief (Katlyn Stewart) and agree it is a 5 star book

and found it helpful. In fact, I recommended it to other friends facing the loss of a loved one. Joan Didion has done the world a service by writing this book.

The Year of Magical Thinking

Best-selling American journalist, author and movie-maker Joan Didion has spent decades living and working with her husband, author John Dunne. In a horrifying twist of fate, Joan faces life without John, who one night simply dies at the diningroom table while her daughter Quintana lay in a coma. The Year of Magical Thinking takes us through Didion's grief process as she tries to carry on without John and with Quintana facing several serious health crises. It is a must read for anyone who is facing multiple losses in their lives. I found it enlightening, spiritual and as cozy as a blanket.

Through the terrible losses she had to deal with as well as the coma her daughter was in, this author takes you through a journey of a lifetime. You will feel the emotions she felt, and they will ring true within your own world. A must read, especially for those that are reeling from a loss.
Also recommending: Song Of Cy by Katlyn Stewart- I bought the E-Book

Didion's story is one of the best things to read when you are grieving. When you have lost someone, you will find that there is very little material out there which can help you, particularly if your loss is sudden. I've have passed this book on to many friends who were bereft, and really recommend it.

For anyone struggling with grief, this book would be a potentially therapeutic read. I read it because Didion is a terrific writer and I was interested in her very personal account of this difficult chapter in her life. It did not disappoint.