A New York Times Bestsellerutterly Fascinating'' New York Times''a Profound, Rich Documentnew Statesman''an Act Of Intimate Storytelling''voguea Recently Discovered Journal From One Of America''s Most Iconic Writers, Joan Didion, The Author Of The Year Of Magical Thinking And Blue November 1999, Joan Didion Began Seeing A Psychiatrist Because, As She Wrote To A Friend, Her Family Had Had ''a Rough Few Years''. She Described The Sessions In A Journal She Created For Her Husband, John Gregory Dunne.for Several Months, Didion Recorded Conversations With The Psychiatrist In Meticulous Detail. The Initial Sessions Focused On The Heartbreaking Complexities Of Her Relationship With Her Daughter, Quintana: Adoption, Depression, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Guilt.