The Year of Magical Thinking

When you have never read an author, a well-known author, a highly respected author, it is always a happy feeling to pick up that first read and find everyone was right. With Didion, for me, it wasn't a case of love at first sight; she grew on me. I finished the book last Sunday, but I thought about it every day this week. Truthful. I think that's the word I'd use for her writing. She seemed to write as clearly and as objectively as she could. Her subject matter, the death of her beloved husband, was so emotional, yet she was able to look at the event almost like Jane Goodall with her chimps.