
The Year of Magical Thinking
#254 of 3,809 books · #120 in Biography & Memoir
Won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2005). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.
In this dramatic adaptation of her memoir, Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play. "This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you...."
- Publisher
- Vintage
- ISBN-13
- 9780307498915
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Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(2005)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(2006)
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