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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 503233" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>Steely, </p><p>It is new. Her daughter died either right before or right after Magical Thinking was finished. The Year of Magical Thinking is about her coping with her husband, John Gregory Dunne's, death and it does rerefence Qunintana's illness but the focus of the book is grieving the sudden loss of her husband. It is a stunning book...not sad in the way that you might think.</p><p></p><p>I finished Blue Nights and have mixed feelings. In the beginning of the book, there are many references to her (Quintana's) issues with her adoption and they do touch on her diagnosis of Borderline (BPD) and a little on her substance abuse. I made my initial post about 1/2 into the book ..and I do think it's a good read in that it's amazing to read of trhe similarities in how a difficult child views such things as abandonment even when been raised in a world of resources that few of us can imagine. The child had a charmed life, yet she did not.</p><p></p><p>The book ends up being less about Quintana's struggles and more about Didion's grief and her questions. Completely understandable and still very well written, but it's not a book to look to for comfort or answers. Still a good read, if you're aware of that fact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 503233, member: 9175"] Steely, It is new. Her daughter died either right before or right after Magical Thinking was finished. The Year of Magical Thinking is about her coping with her husband, John Gregory Dunne's, death and it does rerefence Qunintana's illness but the focus of the book is grieving the sudden loss of her husband. It is a stunning book...not sad in the way that you might think. I finished Blue Nights and have mixed feelings. In the beginning of the book, there are many references to her (Quintana's) issues with her adoption and they do touch on her diagnosis of Borderline (BPD) and a little on her substance abuse. I made my initial post about 1/2 into the book ..and I do think it's a good read in that it's amazing to read of trhe similarities in how a difficult child views such things as abandonment even when been raised in a world of resources that few of us can imagine. The child had a charmed life, yet she did not. The book ends up being less about Quintana's struggles and more about Didion's grief and her questions. Completely understandable and still very well written, but it's not a book to look to for comfort or answers. Still a good read, if you're aware of that fact. [/QUOTE]
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