{"product_id":"9780008767280","title":"Notes to John","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER                                `Utterly fascinating'             NEW YORK TIMES                                `An act of intimate storytelling'            VOGUE                                `A profound, rich document'            NEW STATESMAN                                A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights.                       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.             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, marriage, work and `what's been worth'.             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.                         `Compulsive . what an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mind'            TELEGRAPH                                `So moving . a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own'            NEW YORK TIMES                                `An incredibly intimate insight'            GUARDIAN                                `A chance to meet Didion's gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silence'            ANOTHER                                `An intimate chronicle . offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work'            NPR                                `A tour de force from one of the best'             PEOPLE                    'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w\/c 2025-04-28.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731460145528,"sku":"9780008767280","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780008767280.jpg?v=1794248932","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008767280","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}