The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

The first time I saw this book in the library, I passed it by, despite all the great reviews. After all, I knew that it was about the year after her husband's death, the year her daughter and only child spent in and out of a coma, and that after the book ends, her daughter died. In short, my worst nightmare.

I've read it. I'm glad I did, because Didion is such a skilled writer and I want to explore more of her books, but god, was that depressing.