Bite-sized book reviews
Bite-sized book reviews
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Psychology
Grief. Such a complex and heavy topic, and in this book it is explored by a truly talented writer. Didion unexpectedly loses her husband of forty years while simultaneously navigating the hospitalization of their only child for a life-threatening illness.
She chronicles that year and the strange, nonlinear thinking that accompanies grief in a way that only a writer like Didion could. She captures moments and emotions in language that feels both precise and deeply human, and in doing so, universally relatable.
This book paired well with It’s OK That You’re Not OK, another honest and compassionate exploration of grief that rejects tidy narratives and quick fixes.
This was my first Joan Didion book, but it will not be my last. Beautiful and heartbreaking all at once. Highly recommended.
A book that is narrative nonfiction