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The Year of Magical Thinking

By: Joan Didion
Narrated by: Vanessa Redgrave
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When celebrated writer Joan Didion’s life was altered forever, she wrote a new chapter. In this adaptation of her iconic memoir, Didion transforms the story of the shattering loss of her husband and their daughter into a one-woman play performed by Tony Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, who originated the role on Broadway in 2007. Written with Didion’s trademark style of cool observation, The Year of Magical Thinking weaves back and forth in time, taking listeners on a poignant journey through heartbreak, grief, and resilience. It’s an unforgettable theatrical experience that resonates with anyone who has ever loved.

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A pulsating memoir of where our mind-body goes during grief and all the promises and memories and sureties and uncertainties we face during the process, as well as the heavy set distance of time gone by. Didion has prefaced death as a beauty in script. she does this by owning her presence and the details that come into the foreground of her experiences. This could only be captured so honestly with the narrator Redgrave, as an emotive long form monologue of sheer surreal thinking out loud one does when waking up to one's self. The sighs and sorrow I experienced listening to this only made me want to remember where and who I am at every moment of my waking life.

A loss shaped story, laden with warmth

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I really wanted to listen to this but found Ms Redgrave's voice too grating. So, have up.

I wish

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This is probably the best depiction of profound grief and loss I've ever heard. Vanessa Redgrave's performance is flawless.

True art about grief

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Sincerely performed. This is a real experience for the listener. I stopped by this book as this past few years I have experienced my own devestating losses. It took me away from my sorrow and helped me take a more birds eye view on our existance.
Not very long but really excellent prose and narration.

Deeply Moving and humanistic tale on loss.

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Heartbreakingly relatable. Brilliant author, beautifully read. Recommend particularly to anyone who’s lost somebody close to them.

Beautiful story

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