der skulle blive hendes digtsprog gennem forfatterskabet

vi arver fra tidligere generationer

Oversætterne har suppleret essayet med et betydeligt følgeord

En tidlig morgen driver kælderlejlighedens fugt og børnenes gråd hende ud på gaden og gennem den jyske provinsby

mens blide sommerdage glider over i hinanden og menneskelige balancer umærkeligt forskubbes

Notes to John der skulle blive hendes digtsprogA recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights In 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