Notes to John by Joan Didion · Audiobook preview

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Notes to John
Authored by Joan Didion
Narrated by Julianne Moore

0:00 Intro
0:03 Shortly after Joan …
2:59 29 December 1999
8:36 5 January 2000
15:07 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

A 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 journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne.

For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana: adoption, depression, alcoholism, anxiety, guilt. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood – misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe – and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, 'what it’s been worth'. The analysis would continue for more than a decade.

Didion’s journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers – questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.

'An incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression, and creativity' GUARDIAN

'So moving. I am astonished at the level of recall ... They are a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'Sheds intriguing light on the question of Quintana’s part in the family dynamic' OBSERVER

'The literary source for the three great works of Didion's old age' INDEPENDENT

'It’s always a pleasure to read Didion’s measured prose' STANDARD

'Written with the immediacy of fresh recollection ... and with the cool, forensic clarity she was known for' NEW YORKER

'Compulsive ... it shows Didion the reporter at work' TELEGRAPH

'An intimate chronicle ... Notes to John offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work' NPR

'Perhaps for the first time, we can hope to see Didion as she saw the world: unwavering and unflinching, straight down the line' AnOTHER

'An unexpected parting…

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JOAN DIDION was the author of five novels, twelve books of nonfiction, a play and many screenplays. She was born in California. She died at her home in New York City on 23 December 2021.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

Purchase on Google Play Books ►► https://g.co/booksYT/AQAAAEAKXR4dBM
Language: English
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published on: April 22, 2025
ISBN: 9780008767273
Duration: 6 hr, 33 min
Genres: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures, Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs, Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Family & Relationships / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Literary Collections / Diaries & Journals, Psychology / Grief & Loss, Psychology / Psychotherapy / General, Psychology / Social Psychology, Self-Help / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family