The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Joan Didion’s husband died suddenly at the dinner table, and this book is what she wrote in the year that followed — a clear-eyed, sometimes shockingly rational examination of what grief actually does to a person’s mind. The “magical thinking” of the title refers to the irrational beliefs grief creates, the sense that if you just do or don’t do certain things, the person might come back. It’s one of the most honest and literarily accomplished accounts of loss ever written, winner of the National Book Award, and widely considered essential reading for anyone who has lost someone close. Order from thebookdot.com with delivery across Pakistan.