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.