Joan Didion

In Jim Perrin reviews Gary Raymond's disappointing and superficial grief memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking, American writer and essayist Joan Didion commented that “We tell ourselves stories to go on living.”

Didion

In 2005, Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking, a beautiful book about Dunne’s death and Quintana Roo's grief, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction; in 2011, Quintana Roo published Blue Nights, which grapples with Quintana Roo's daughter’s death.

TV and radio commentator Patt Morrison

TV and radio commentator Patt Morrison wrote about so memorably, maybe most famously for many people in TV and radio commentator Patt Morrison's memoir about grief, 'The Year Of Magical Thinking.'

writer John Gregory Dunne

The Year of Magical Thinking, recipient of the 2005 National Book Award for non-fiction, is writer John Gregory Dunne

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This astounding splurge of scientific creativity and understanding is called by historians Einstein's annus mirabilis, or 'miracle year'.

Obie and Drama Desk Award-winner Kathleen Chalfant's signature wit

Adapted from the best-selling memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking recounts Didion’s journey of loss, perseverance, and ultimately hope, using Obie and Drama Desk Award-winner Kathleen Chalfant's signature wit to draw an intimate portrait of the resilience of the human heart.

from Obie and Drama Desk Award-winner Kathleen Chalfant's best-selling memoir,

Adapted from Obie and Drama Desk Award-winner Kathleen Chalfant's best-selling memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking recounts Didion’s journey of loss, perseverance, and ultimately hope, using Obie and Drama Desk Award-winner Kathleen Chalfant's signature wit to draw an intimate portrait of the resilience of the human heart.

one of Douglas Kennedy's top ten books about grief and Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs

The Year of Magical Thinking is one of Douglas Kennedy's top ten books about grief and Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs.

a book of such honesty and passion about the unique experience — that is widowhood

Not since Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking has there been a book of such honesty and passion about the unique experience that is widowhood—a time when most women feel acutely alone and wonder how to get through the pain and confusion of their great loss.

after the loss of actor Vanessa Redgrave's husband of Magical Thinking

'The Year of Magical Thinking' Writer Joan Didion and actor Vanessa Redgrave discuss the Broadway adaptation of Didion's book about the year of mourning actor Vanessa Redgrave endured after the loss of actor Vanessa Redgrave's husband, 'A Year of Magical Thinking.'

one of Douglas Kennedy's top ten books about grief and one of Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs

The Year of Magical Thinking is one of Douglas Kennedy's top ten books about grief and one of Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs.

among Ali Millar's ten books that explore the possibilities and perils of remaking one’s life

The Year of Magical Thinking is among Ali Millar's ten books that explore the possibilities and perils of remaking one’s life, Mary-Frances O'Connor's five books for the grieving brain, Karolina Waclawiak's six books on loss and longing, Tara Westover's top four inspirational memoirs, Mark Whitaker's six favorite memoirs, Adam Haslett's five best deathless accounts of mourning, Douglas Kennedy's top ten books about grief, and Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs.

In her bestselling and National Book Award-winning memoir at their dining room table

In her bestselling and National Book Award-winning memoir, 'The Year of Magical Thinking,' novelist and essayist Joan Didion, 71, writes about the months following the fatal heart attack of Joan Didion's husband, John Gregory Dunne, at their dining room table in 2003.

the iconic American author , portrayed by Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner

Based on Joan Didion's award-winning memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking follows the iconic American author, portrayed by Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner

from Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant's acclaimed memoir

Adapted from Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant's acclaimed memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking tells the story of Didion’s journey of loss, determination, and ultimately hope, using Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant's well-known wit to create an intimate snapshot of the strength of the human heart.

Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant's well-known wit

Adapted from Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant's acclaimed memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking tells the story of Didion’s journey of loss, determination, and ultimately hope, using Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant's well-known wit to create an intimate snapshot of the strength of the human heart.

Mary-Frances O'Connor's five books for the grieving brain, , Mark Whitaker's six favorite memoirsAdam Haslett's five best deathless accounts of mourningDouglas Kennedy's top ten books about griefand Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs Karolina Waclawiak's six books on loss and longing, Tara Westover's top four inspirational memoirs, , ,

The Year of Magical Thinking is among Ali Millar's ten books that explore the possibilities and perils of remaking one’s life, Mary-Frances O'Connor's five books for the grieving brain, Karolina Waclawiak's six books on loss and longing, Tara Westover's top four inspirational memoirs, Mark Whitaker's six favorite memoirs, Adam Haslett's five best deathless accounts of mourning, Douglas Kennedy's top ten books about grief, and Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs.

Mary-Frances O'Connor's five books for the grieving brain, , Mark Whitaker's six favorite memoirs, Adam Haslett's five best deathless accounts of mourningDouglas Kennedy's top ten books about griefand Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs Karolina Waclawiak's six books on loss and longing, Tara Westover's top four inspirational memoirs, ,

The Year of Magical Thinking is among Ali Millar's ten books that explore the possibilities and perils of remaking one’s life, Mary-Frances O'Connor's five books for the grieving brain, Karolina Waclawiak's six books on loss and longing, Tara Westover's top four inspirational memoirs, Mark Whitaker's six favorite memoirs, Adam Haslett's five best deathless accounts of mourning, Douglas Kennedy's top ten books about grief, and Norris Church Mailer's five best memoirs.

The Pauline Evans Branch Library , 45 Cooper Road,

The Pauline Evans Branch Library, 45 Cooper Road, will be discussing the book “The Year of Magical Thinking,' by Joan Didion at 7 p.m. Call (585) 336-6062 for more information.

Stephanie Wittels Wachs

In beautiful, sentimental, yet starkly funny prose, Stephanie Wittels Wachs has penned A Year of Magical Thinking for a new generation of readers.