Different Strokes.
A book club delinquent by nature (less than two meetings in the last four months), I'm the proud nominator of the February novel: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, a story I'm already halfway through (anyway) and confident other members will be curious about. Didion's memoir spans the year after her husband unexpectedly dies and, while a topic (at times) too uncomfortable for (most) folks to talk about in real life, the reader quickly learns (through the lens of someone else's grief) that the coping mechanisms for mourning encompass different strokes for different folks, and it is these very mechanisms (even in the form of magical thinking) that get us through the worst (year) of our life. Enjoy!
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