{"product_id":"9780008767280","title":"Notes to John - Joan Didion","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joan Didion","offers":[{"title":"224 pages \/ 23\/04\/2026 \/ Memoirs","offer_id":56973090881911,"sku":"9780008767280","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780008767280.jpg?v=1780925221","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780008767280","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}