jaymeb finished reading The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Grief is a universal experience but it’s also a topic we tend to avoid as to not upset anyone. For the author to share her grief of suddenly losing her husband with her readers was such a relief to me. There seems to be a secret timer set on how long you can grieve before you’re expected to “move on.” You can only talk about the good times, not the pain their absence has caused. I could see where this book would help anyone suffering from a loss.