081 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Julia and Victoria get super excited about sentence structure and contemplate the chaotic nature of grief with The Year of Magical Thinking by the queen of nonfiction, Joan Didion.

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Mentioned in the episode:

• “The Second Coming” poem by Yeats

• Book Club episode: Gold Plated Girls

• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

• Joan Didion’s website

• Run River by Joan Didion

• Blue Nights by Joan Didion

• “My Universe” by Coldplay and BTS

• Red by Taylor Swift

Recommendations:

• Still Alice on Hulu

• The Center Will Not Hold documentary

• Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

• Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano

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