The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
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Author: Joan DidionEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-04
ISBN: 140004314X
Number of pages: 227
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Book Review: "A Certain Look"
Summary: 3 Stars
I can best express my opinion of this book by referring to the following words found on pages 74-75: "People who have recently lost someone have a certain look, recognizable maybe only to those who have seen that look on their own faces. I have noticed it on my face and I notice it now on others. The look is one of extreme vulnerability, nakedness, openness. It is the look of someone who walks from the ophthalmologist's office into the bright daylight with dilated eyes, or of someone who wears glasses and is suddenly made to take them off." On December 30, 2003, Ms. Didion was made to take off her glasses. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon one's perspective), this book was written before she was able to once again put on her glasses. If Joan Didion, in all of her brokenness, is what you're looking for you will certainly find that here. However, if you're looking for the fruits of mourning I would look elsewhere as Ms. Didion cannot share what she has yet to possess.
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