{"product_id":"9780008767280","title":"Notes to John","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Didion, Joan | Autobiography: literary \u003cbr\u003ePublished 23\/04\/2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 16mm | 158g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Utterly fascinating’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A profound, rich document’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘An act of intimate storytelling’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didion's 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: Didion's husband, John Gregory Dunne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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, longstanding behaviour patterns, marriage, guilt, work and 'what's been worth'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Compulsive reading … what an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mind’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘An incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression and creativity’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘So moving … a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A chance to meet Didion's gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silence’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANOTHER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘An intimate chronicle … offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w\/c 2025-04-28.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57021268197751,"sku":"9780008767280","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780008767280.jpg?v=1776501714","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008767280","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}