In late December, 2003 Joan Didion’s life turned upside down. Her only daughter had unexpectedly fallen into a coma after what seemed like the flu turned into a bad case of pneumonia with serious complications. Then, after returning from the hospital, Joan’s husband of four decades suffered a fatal heart attack while they were making dinner. In The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion wrestles with her grief and loss, and what it means to be dependent on someone you love. She joins us today with Vanessa Redgrave, who brings this moving memoir to life in the Broadway play of the same name.

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