#3 The Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion was book #3 of my 30 before 30 challenge.  It's Joan's narrative of her husband's sudden death and the year that follows.

A year full of her daughter's almost fatal illness, grief, and memories of her husband.  The book was also full of stories of the amazing life Joan and her husband lived together - traveling events, people they met, etc. It was definitely a depressing book to me, but it also made me realize just how short life is, and that we should be grateful for every moment we spend with our loved ones.

I know that was a short post about that book, but I really didn't enjoy it that much.  It was definitely a thought provoking book.  Here's a good review from the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/review/the-year-of-magical-thinking-goodbye-to-all-that.html?_r=0