Late last year I saw the Nextflix documentary on Joan Didion, Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, and realized that I hadn't gotten around to reading one of her most recent works, Blue Nights (2011). So I thought I'd correct that since I had read all of her other fiction and nonfiction. I guess I thought it was The Year of Magical Thinking Part 2, but I think there's more to it. That being said it is about memory, loss, motherhood, and her relationship with John Gregory Dunne. But it is also about aging, remembering, and coming to terms with one's life and environment. It is something of a memoir-she recounts the restorative process of having her biggest book, The Year of Magical Thinking, being made into a successful one woman show. The writing style is typically Didion-esque-aphoristic and poetic at times. It actually is a good bookend to pair with the Nextflix documentary, which was more of a tribute than an investigation into the life of Didion. In this book, Didion lays bare the reality of her specific life and her experience with aging.
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