Quotes from bookBlue Nights
Blue Nights is a memoir written by Joan Didion first published in 2011. It is an account of the death of her daughter, Quintana, who died in 2005 at age 39. Didion also discusses her own feelings on parenthood and aging. The title refers to certain times in the "summer solstice [...] when the twilights turn long and blue." Blue Nights is notable for its "nihilistic" attitude towards grief as Didion offers little understanding or explanation of her daughter's death. Writing for The New York Review of Books, Cathleen Schine said,
“Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”
Joan Didion book Blue Nights
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“Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.”
Joan Didion book Blue Nights
Source: Blue Nights
