Blue Nights by Joan Didion

Blue Nights

Joan Didion

223 pages first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography literary memoir reflective slow-paced

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From 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 book by Joan Didion...

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Moods

emotional 88%
reflective 87%
sad 83%
dark 22%
challenging 18%
inspiring 8%
informative 5%
hopeful 4%
tense 4%
funny 2%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 49%
slow 34%
fast 16%

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3.9

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