The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion's memoir of the year following her husband John Gregory Dunne's sudden death, written while their daughter lay critically ill.
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On the evening of December 30, 2003, Joan Didion's husband John Gregory Dunne sat down to dinner at their Manhattan apartment and died of a heart attack while their daughter Quintana lay unconscious at Beth Israel.
Yes. The Year of Magical Thinking is Joan Didion's 2005 memoir of the year following her husband John Gregory Dunne's sudden death from cardiac arrest. Their daughter Quintana was also in a coma during much of the year covered.
Yes. The Year of Magical Thinking won the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Joan Didion later wrote Blue Nights (2011) about her daughter Quintana's death.
The Year of Magical Thinking was written by Joan Didion, published in 2005 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
The Year of Magical Thinking is 227 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Year of Magical Thinking takes most readers 3 to 5 hours to finish.
The Year of Magical Thinking is a standalone novel by Joan Didion, not part of a series.
The Year of Magical Thinking is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
