joan didion

i have been meaning to read joan didion's work for a few years now. really, i have. you can bet your boots that when i am stressed and under a deadline that i have to calm myself with a book. just to get a few pages or a chapter in at a time makes me feel like i am beating the system somehow. the latest destresser is blue nights. it was such a lovely read, raw and full of melancholy, strength and loss of her beloved daughter, quintana roo.

next on the list is joan's the year of magical thinking.