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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Utterly fascinating NEW YORK TIMES An act of intimate storytellingVOGUE A profound, rich documentNEW STATESMAN A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of Americas most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didions office after her death. She had meticulously recorded her weekly sessions with a psychiatrist. As far as anyone knows, the pages had been read by only one other person: Didions husband, John Gregory Dunne.The sessions began as a method of dealing with the heartbreaking alcoholism of their adult daughter, Quintana. Discussions broadened into revelations about Didion’s own childhood, marriage, work and whats been worth.Writing was the way Didion dealt with life. Notes to John presents a riveting account of the therapeutic process, crafted with the singular intelligence, precision and elegance that characterise all of her work. Compulsivewhat an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mindTELEGRAPH So movinga record of trying to save a life, and understand her ownNEW YORK TIMES An incredibly intimate insightGUARDIAN A chance to meet Didion’s gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silenceANOTHER An intimate chronicleoffers readers a key to Didion’s persona and her workNPR A tour de force from one of the best PEOPLE ’Notes to John’ was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.