The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion - Pristine First Edition 2005

by Joan Didion

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First edition

One of the most important writers in America offered a searing account of the unexpected death of her husband, the novelist John Gregory Dunne, and the devastating illnesses that plagued their daughter Quintana. This is a flawless first edition before the book won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2005. The book also had been a finalist for the Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Circle prize at that time. No names, notes, highlighting, doodles. After the award was announced, a gold "National Book Award" seal became part of the dust jacket. Comments about the book also filled the back of the dust jacket. This edition -- a clearly stated first -- doesn't include the promotional material on the jacket. Clean, tight, flawless. Free shipping in the U.S.

• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Year: 2005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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