Notes to John by Joan Didion

Notes to John by Joan DidionA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES 'A profound, rich document NEW STATESMAN 'An act of intimate storytelling' VOGUE A recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had 'a rough few years'. She described the sessions in a

secrets Helena must unearth

It won't be awkward later

fugitives from justice

Fifteen-year-old Istvan lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary

and each return will bring with it new revelations

Stephanie Garber

She is erratic

I wish I had written this book

Now published again in B format

can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most

chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all and he meant all

It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself