Signed first edition of Didion's memoir reckoning with aging, parenthood, and loss.
Fine in very good plus jacket.
Price: $350.00
"As the blue nights draw to a close (and they will, and they do) you experience an actual chill, an apprehension of illness, at the moment you first notice: the blue light is going, the days are already shortening, the summer is gone."
Often thought of as a companion to MY YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING in which Didion recounts the experience of grieving her late husband, BLUE NIGHTS largely focuses on the illness and subsequent death of her daughter Quintana, as well as Didion's own struggles with aging and mortality.
First printing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 8'' x 5''. Original blue paper boards, white-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($25.00) typographic jacket designed by Carol Devine Carson. [8], 194 pages. Signed by Didion on title page. Jacket with light rubbing, bit of shelfwear, tiny spot of soil to front panel. Book fresh. Sharp.
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