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The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

National Book · 2005 · Winner
NonfictionISBN 9781400043149

Award History

AwardYearStatus
National Book Award for Nonfiction2005Winner

About the Author

Joan DidionAmerican

Joan Didion (1934–2021) was an American writer, essayist, and pioneer of New Journalism, known for her incisive essays on California culture, counterculture, Hollywood, and American politics. Her breakthrough nonfiction collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) captured the 1960s Haight-Ashbury scene, and she won the National Book Award for her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking (2005).NYT Joan Didion Best Books

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