Notes to John - Joan Didion

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER `Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES `An act of intimate storytelling' VOGUE `A profound, rich document' NEW STATESMAN A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didion's office after her death. She had meticulously recorded her weekly sessions with a psychiatrist. As far as anyone knows, the pages had been read by only one other person: Didion's husband, John Gregory Dunne. The sessions began as a method of dealing with the heartbreaking alcoholism of their adult daughter, Quintana. Discussions broadened into revelations about Didion's own childhood, marriage, work and `what's been worth'. Writing was the way Didion dealt with life. Notes to John presents a riveting account of the therapeutic process, crafted with the singular intelligence, precision and elegance that characterise all of her work. `Compulsive . what an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mind' TELEGRAPH `So moving . a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own' NEW YORK TIMES `An incredibly intimate insight' GUARDIAN `A chance to meet Didion's gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silence' ANOTHER `An intimate chronicle . offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work' NPR `A tour de force from one of the best' PEOPLE 'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.