The Year Of Magical Thinking Site

: Ranked it as one of the 100 best nonfiction books, calling it a "tour de force" that transforms grief into literature.

: Their official Reading Guide includes discussion questions on Didion's "cool detachment" and the technical structure of the memoir. The Year of Magical Thinking

: SparkNotes offers mini-essays on Didion's attempt to use information as an "illusion of control" and her eventual acceptance of the limits of that control. Summary of "Magical Thinking" : Ranked it as one of the 100

: The National Book Award Judges' Citation describes the work as "investigative journalism" into the nature of folly and time, where Didion treats herself as a witness to her own "magical" thoughts. The Year of Magical Thinking