Julia and Victoria get super excited about sentence structure and contemplate the chaotic nature of grief with The Year of Magical Thinking by the queen of nonfiction, Joan Didion.

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Mentioned in the episode:

“The Second Coming” poem by Yeats

Book Club episode: Gold Plated Girls

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Joan Didion’s website

Run River by Joan Didion

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

“My Universe” by Coldplay and BTS

Red by Taylor Swift

Recommendations:

Still Alice on Hulu

The Center Will Not Hold documentary

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano

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