by Joan Didion
First published 2011
Joan Didion reflects on the life and loss of her daughter Quintana, whose wedding anniversary triggers a flood of memories. Didion grapples with the painful questions that haunt every parent: what did she miss, where did she fail? Weaving vivid snapshots of Quintana's childhood with Didion's own fears about growing old, "Blue Nights" is a raw, intimate portrait of a family shattered by tragedy.
Genres: literary-fiction, grief, autobiography, memoir, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: grief, memoir
Period: 20th Century
208 pages · Paperback
Content warnings: death, terminal-illness