Notes to John
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âUtterly fascinatingâ NEW YORK TIMES âAn act of intimate storytellingâ VOGUE âA profound, rich documentâ NEW STATESMAN A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of Americaâs most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didionâs office after her death. She had meticulously recorded her weekly sessions with a psychiatrist. As far as anyone knows, the pages had been read by only one other person: Didionâs husband, John Gregory Dunne. The sessions began as a method of dealing with the heartbreaking alcoholism of their adult daughter, Quintana. Discussions broadened into revelations about Didion's own childhood, marriage, work and âwhatâs been worthâ. Writing was the way Didion dealt with life. Notes to John presents a riveting account of the therapeutic process, crafted with the singular intelligence, precision and elegance that characterise all of her work. âCompulsive ⊠what an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mindâ TELEGRAPH âSo moving ⊠a record of trying to save a life, and understand her ownâ NEW YORK TIMES âAn incredibly intimate insightâ GUARDIAN âA chance to meet Didion's gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silenceâ ANOTHER âAn intimate chronicle ⊠offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her workâ NPR âA tour de force from one of the bestâ PEOPLE 'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âUtterly fascinatingâ NEW YORK TIMES âAn act of intimate storytellingâ VOGUE âA profound, rich documentâ NEW STATESMAN A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of Americaâs most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didionâs office after her death. She had meticulously recorded her weekly sessions with a psychiatrist. As far as anyone knows, the pages had been read by only one other person: Didionâs husband, John Gregory Dunne. The sessions began as a method of dealing with the heartbreaking alcoholism of their adult daughter, Quintana. Discussions broadened into revelations about Didion's own childhood, marriage, work and âwhatâs been worthâ. Writing was the way Didion dealt with life. Notes to John presents a riveting account of the therapeutic process, crafted with the singular intelligence, precision and elegance that characterise all of her work. âCompulsive ⊠what an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mindâ TELEGRAPH âSo moving ⊠a record of trying to save a life, and understand her ownâ NEW YORK TIMES âAn incredibly intimate insightâ GUARDIAN âA chance to meet Didion's gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silenceâ ANOTHER âAn intimate chronicle ⊠offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her workâ NPR âA tour de force from one of the bestâ PEOPLE 'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.
