{"product_id":"notes-to-john-by-joan-didion","title":"Notes to John by Joan Didion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriting 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 23 Apr 2026, Fourth Estate\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008767280\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 224 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57833054142846,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780008767280.jpg?v=1786538205","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/notes-to-john-by-joan-didion","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}