false 7815 23 From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage--and a life, in good times and bad--that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. 1659905 book 2005 The Year of Magical Thinking total:15441|5:4167|4:5602|3:3758|2:1421|1:497| 15441 57844 21272 2776 2 31 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 09:27:29 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 09:55:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 10 false false Tue Sep 11 20:45:03 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 27 11:04:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 8 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 22:03:43 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 25 23:28:31 -0700 2009 http://miguel-rivas-book-reviews.blogspo...

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i picked up this book and read it knowing nothing more than those two short lines. those two lines which become the refrain of the memoir.

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