{"product_id":"blue-nights-9780307267672","title":"Blue Nights","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and growing old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e opens on July 26, 2010, as Didion thinks back to Quintana's wedding in New York seven years before. \u003ci\u003eToday would be her wedding anniversary.\u003c\/i\u003e This fact triggers vivid snapshots of Quintana's childhood--in Malibu, in Brentwood, at school in Holmby Hills. Reflecting on her daughter but also on her role as a parent, Didion asks the candid questions any parent might about how she feels she failed either because cues were not taken or perhaps displaced. \"How could I have missed what was clearly there to be seen?\" Finally, perhaps we all remain unknown to each other. Seamlessly woven in are incidents Didion sees as underscoring her own age, something she finds hard to acknowledge, much less accept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e--the long, light evening hours that signal the summer solstice, \"the opposite of the dying of the brightness, but also its warning\"--like \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e before it, is an iconic book of incisive and electric honesty, haunting and profoundly moving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307267672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.56w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2011 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2011 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/24\/2011 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2011 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2011 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2011 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2011 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/13\/2011 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2011 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 2206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joan Didion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51843989373109,"sku":"9780307267672","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ef5e5159-7adb-442b-a3b9-2b97c8666501.jpg?v=1759848622","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blue-nights-9780307267672","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}