The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner

From the Publisher:

"Let Me Tell You What I Mean" is a timeless collection of mostly early pieces that reveal what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, and her own self-doubt.

"South and West" and "Blue Nights" are two extended excerpts from notebooks Joan Didion kept in the 1970s, providing a piercing view of the American political and cultural landscape.

"The Year of Magical Thinking" is a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage—and a life, in good times and bad—that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child.

"We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live" includes seven books in one volume: the full texts of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," "The White Album," "Salvador," "Miami," "After Henry," "Political Fictions," and "Where I Was From."

"The Last Thing He Wanted" is an incisive and chilling look at a modern world where things are not working as they should—and where the oblique and official language is as sinister as the events it is covering up.

Customer Reviews:

"Let Me Tell You What I Mean": 4.5 out of 5 stars, 1,592 reviews "South and West": 4.2 out of 5 stars, 816 reviews "Blue Nights": 4.4 out of 5 stars, 2,898 reviews "The Year of Magical Thinking": 4.4 out of 5 stars, 11,866 reviews "We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live": 4.8 out of 5 stars, 366 reviews "The Last Thing He Wanted": 3.9 out of 5 stars, 209 reviews

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"Let Me Tell You What I Mean": $12.69 "South and West": $12.97 "Blue Nights": $10.39 "The Year of Magical Thinking": $10.56 "We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live": $20.81 "The Last Thing He Wanted": $15.00

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