Blue Nights
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Blue Nights

by Joan Didion

2011•Biography•188 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, emotional biography, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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About This Book

In this memoir, the author shares her observations about her daughter as well as her own thoughts and fears about having children and growing old, in a personal account that discusses her daughter's wedding and her feelings of failure as a parent. It opens on July 26, 2010, as Didion thinks back to Quintana's wedding in New York seven years before. Today would be her wedding anniversary.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceComplex relationship

Subjects

American NovelistsBiographyAmerican Women novelistsMothers and daughtersAuthors, biographyGriefNovelistas estadounidense

Details

Author
Joan Didion
Published
2011
Pages
188
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