Author: Didion, Joan

Autobiography: literary

Published on 23 April 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 224 pages
197 x 129 x 16 | 158g

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

˜Utterly fascinating'

NEW YORK TIMES

˜An act of intimate storytelling'

VOGUE

˜A profound, rich document'

NEW STATESMAN

A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights.

A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didion's office after her death. She had meticulously recorded her weekly sessions with a psychiatrist. As far as anyone knows, the pages had been read by only one other person: Didion's husband, John Gregory Dunne.

The sessions began as a method of dealing with the heartbreaking alcoholism of their adult daughter, Quintana. Discussions broadened into revelations about Didion's own childhood, marriage, work and ˜what's been worth'.

Writing was the way Didion dealt with life. Notes to John presents a riveting account of the therapeutic process, crafted with the singular intelligence, precision and elegance that characterise all of her work.

˜Compulsive ¦ what an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mind'

TELEGRAPH

˜So moving ¦ a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own'

NEW YORK TIMES

˜An incredibly intimate insight'

GUARDIAN

˜A chance to meet Didion's gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silence'

ANOTHER

˜An intimate chronicle ¦ offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work'

NPR

˜A tour de force from one of the best'

PEOPLE

'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.

Author: Didion, Joan

Autobiography: literary

Published on 23 April 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 224 pages197 x 129 x 16 | 158g

Published on 23 April 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 224 pages
197 x 129 x 16 | 158g