Joan Didion’s “Blue Nights” is a loving portrait of her deceased daughter and a conflicted effort to grapple with her grief through words.
Books Of The Times: ‘blue Nights,’ By Joan Didion — Review
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, New York Times
Mon, 10/31/2011 - 11:26am
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